Will help projects in Penetanguishene, Orillia, Collingwood and New Tecumseth By Ian Burns Midland Mirror SIMCOE COUNTY – The Ontario government is investing $5 million in Simcoe County infrastructure. Jeff Leal, minister of agriculture, food and rural...

By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times It appears the company that wants to develop Strawberry Island is heading back to the drawing board. Sitting as committee-of-the-whole, Simcoe County councillors received an information report from staff...

By John Edwards Collingwood Connection A discussion over the extension of the town’s chief administrative officer erupted into a skirmish between Collingwood’s mayor and deputy mayor. Mayor Sandra Cooper and Deputy Mayor Brian Saunderson faced off Mond...

By Rick Vanderlinde Innisfil Journal The majority of council wanted to debate and vote on a controversial recommendation last night that would have halted plans for a $70-million sewer project to allow more study. But there was no debate and no vote af...

By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner A new land inventory website launched by Simcoe County is intended to support economic growth and investment in the region. The county economic development office’s land inventory portal will assist potential inves...

By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times A private prosecution launched by an Oro-Medonte Township resident over events last year at Burl’s Creek is moving forward, with just one defendant facing charges. After reviewing information recei...

By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald A contractor has been chosen to handle the design work for the remaining sections of the Trans Canada Trail (TCT) north of Beeton. At last week’s committee of the whole meeting, New Tecumseth council voted to award the...

from Ontario Nature On April 19, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal will hear our case challenging a lower court ruling that puts already endangered species at further risk of extinction. The appeal, to be argued pro bono by veteran lawyers Lara Tessaro...

Looking back: A woman holds her dog as they are scanned for radiation in March 2011 at a scanning centre for residents living close to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. By Linda Pentz Gunter The Ecologist Five years after the Fukushima nuclear...

From Georgian College website  David Suzuki in President’s Thought Leadership Speaker Series This series brings Canadian heroes, popular personalities and innovative industry partners to Georgian campuses to share their experiences and advice with stud...