In a process closely watched by other GTA cities, a court has ruled the town can appeal a decision that strongly favoured developers By: Noor Javed Toronto Star The Town of Richmond Hill has won a minor victory, after a judge ruled this week that it ca...

        Coal-Free Ontario with Morgan Freeman From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance The leadership of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance in helping Ontario to become the first jurisdiction to end the use of coal-fired electricity for heal...

By Heather Butts CTV News Barrie A town councillor in Wasaga Beach walked out of a public meeting on Tuesday night and quit. Less than 24 hours after walking out of the council meeting and quitting, Ron Anderson is moving on and focusing on his account...

News release from the Cornerstone Standards Council The Cornerstone Standards Council (CSC) is pleased to welcome Paul General member of the Seneca Nation – Snipe Clan and Wildlife Manager with Six Nations of the Grand River. Paul has been a Hunt...

By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times An Oro-Medonte Township group that plans to oppose Burl’s Creek Event Grounds at an upcoming Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing wants a few changes to take place before then. Lawyers representing th...

By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner Residents opposed to Simcoe County’s proposed organics processing and materials management facilities took their cause to public information sessions on Tuesday. The meetings were held at the Simcoe County Museum i...

Chiarelli population allocations of vital importance in plan for village to be turned into a city By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The stage is set for a hearing in May at which Simcoe County councillors will deal with applications from developers fo...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Today Barrie should be pitching in to help fund growth in Simcoe County, says Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith. As Simcoe County councilors took a first look at proposed updated development charges, Smith noted that almost 70 percen...

from AWARE Essa From the distant past to the near future: Essa’s Trees through Time Ancient Forests of Massive Pines up to early 1800s Lumber Industry 1800s Reforestation Years 1900s What’s Next for the Trees of Essa? 2016… Can Essa’s Official Pl...

By Lorraine Chow EcoWatch The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its first-ever analysis on the effects of three common pesticides—chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion—on endangered and threatened species and designated critical ha...