• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Author "AWARE Simcoe"

Aug 18th, 2016
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Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton will host town hall meetings in Orillia (held August 17) and Midland to provide local residents the opportunity to share their thoughts on reforming the federal electoral system. In Midland: Wednesday, September 7th , 6:00...
Aug 18th, 2016
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from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Lynn Dollin, Deputy Mayor of the Town of Innisfil, was acclaimed President of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) today at the Association’s 2016 conference in Windsor. “IR...
Aug 17th, 2016
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From 350.org We need your voice at the Georgian Triangle Climate Change consultation! The meeting will be at the Collingwood Public Library on Wednesday August 24th at 6:30 pm. ‘Town hall’ meetings like this one have been requested by the F...
In Barrie
Aug 16th, 2016
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By Bob Bruton Barrie Examiner Ken Robertson wants his voice heard, and his vote to count, in the next city election. The Barrie resident has asked to address council this fall about having a ranked ballot voting system in the 2018 election. “We’r...
Aug 15th, 2016
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From New Tecumseth Free Press Simcoe County’s curbside waste collection contractor has had problems keeping to its weekly pick-up schedule, including not completing routes until the next day, “due to an accute employee shortage,” acco...
Aug 15th, 2016
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Alex Nuttall MP (Barrie – Springwater – Oro-Medonte) is holding town halls on topics that will include electoral reform, physician-assisted suicide, TPP and Q & A on federal issues. Wednesday August 17 2-4 PM – ORO-MEDONTE Township Buil...
Aug 11th, 2016
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News release from Friends of Simcoe County Forests Friends of Simcoe County Forests is calling on Simcoe County to stand behind their twenty-year vision for the municipal forests and stop their plan to permanently destroy the Freele Tract. Nowhere in C...
Aug 10th, 2016
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By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun The operators of one of the town-owned beachfront bars say the mayor and CAO made, and then reneged on, a deal for the Dard. Simcoe.com has learned a meeting took place on March 9 between Bananas Beach Club operators Enzo Grossi...
Jul 30th, 2016
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By Rebecca Morelle Science Correspondent, BBC News A 5p charge for plastic bags was introduced in England in 2015 Plastic bag use has plummeted in England since the introduction of a 5p charge last year, the government has said. In the six months after...
Jul 27th, 2016
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By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Politics makes strange bedfellows. In this case, it was the Midhurst Ratepayers Association lined up with the County of Simcoe, the Township of Springwater and the Province of Ontario in a common front before the Onta...