By Dave Dawson Orillia Packet & Times When it comes to planning matters, Oro-Medonte Township has a less-than-stellar record in recent years. The development of Burl’s Creek could be used as a case study for all the wrong reasons; the transit...

NVCA news release  The community is invited to a meeting on January 13 in Adjala-Tosorontio to learn about enhancements planned for the Pine River in 2016. The Pine runs from the top of the Niagara Escarpment in Mulmur Township to join with the Nottawa...

By Sara Carson Barrie Advance Expect more concerts at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds in the year ahead, along with a battle at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) over the Oro-Medonte festival venue’s planned expansion. “We’re currently in discussions with a...

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By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times To badly paraphrase Joni Mitchell, Oro-Medonte seems to be “unpaving paradise and tearing down a parking lot.” That’s Paul Sanderson’s take regarding the saga of a piece of land on Line 14 near Carthew Bay o...

Orillia news release The City of Orillia has won a Gold Municipal Diversion Award from the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) for a second year in a row. The award recognizes municipalities that have minimized waste disposal in 2014 through ‘3Rs’ initi...

By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror NORTH SIMCOE – A local politician is floating the idea of Midland and Penetanguishene sharing a library CEO in light of the former’s chief librarian retiring. “Can one library CEO manage two branches? Are there financial...

Simcoe County news release The County of Simcoe is pleased to announce the launch of its new Arts, Culture and Heritage (Build, Natural and Environmental) Grant Program. The program, which was recently approved by County Council on December 8, 2015, al...

By Michael Pollan and Debbie Barker, The Washington Post December 4 2015 When Will Allen is asked to name the most beautiful part of his Vermont farm, he doesn’t talk about the verdant, rolling hills or easy access to the Connecticut River. Though the ...

Margarest Atwood with Dale Goldhawk at 2014 Midhurst event From the Midhurst Ratepayers’ Association Help Save Midhurst from “life-wrecking” event This is how international author, Margaret Atwood, describes what is happening in Midhu...