AWARE Simcoe Annual General Meeting and Public meeting on Expanding the Greenbelt in Simcoe County Guest speakers: -Margaret Prophet – Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition -Bernard Pope – Ontario Farmland Preservation Learn about farmland and ...

From the Brereton Field Naturalists On Saturday, May 14, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority will be continuing to implement their “the Creeks project” by involving the community in tree planting at 99 Loon Ave. in Barrie from 10 am to 12. Th...

Experts Unanimous in Opposition to Burl’s Creek Event Grounds News release from SaveOro Expert witness statements filed yesterday by the Township of Oro-Medonte, the West Oro Ratepayers’ Association (“WORA”) and SaveOro all conclude the OMB application...

County forests changing through heavy-impact uses By Bob Bowles Ganaraska Hiking Trail Association Newsletter The Ganaraska Trail makes its way across Simcoe County as it runs from Port Hope on Lake Ontario to Glen Huron where it meets the Bruce Trail ...

By Robin MacLennan Barrie Today Dr. David Suzuki celebrated Earth Day today at Georgian College. The Co-Founder of the David Suzuki Foundation and award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster spoke to a sold out audience of young and old. ...

  Jim Charlebois photo AWARE News Network The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is urging us to celebrate, in the words of E.O. Wilson, “the little things that run the world.” If insects disappeared, there are many items we ...

Letter to the Barrie Advance Re: City has grown 560% in 40 years, study finds, April 7. Your article was staggering. What was more jaw-dropping is what has been sacrificed to support Barrie’s previous love of sprawl – 154 square-kilometres (26,000 foot...

From the North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance In the 2014 municipal election, the people of Georgina sent a clear message: Protect our woodlands and wetlands. Unfortunately, our new mayor and most of our councillors seem to have decided to turn a deaf ear...

Simcoe County’s proposal to put a waste transfer station and an organics processing facility at 2976 Horseshoe Valley Rd. W. has the Friends of Simcoe Forests roaring By Laurie Watt Barrie Today Simcoe County’s proposal to put a waste transfer station ...

New Tecumseth Free Press Innisfil’s search for help to finance more than $100 million to service its Hwy 400 corridor expansion, has found an angel investor in Simcoe County’s Economic Development Committee (EDC). At least the idea of it. A...