By Janis Ramsay Barrie Advance Former Springwater mayor Linda Collins joins the Barrie Police Services Board Thursday. That means both provincial appointees on the five-member board aren’t Barrie residents. Collins lives in Midhurst while the board’s v...

News release from Simcoe County  Simcoe County Council today approved a $449-million budget for 2016, which focuses on the resources necessary to maintain existing services and service levels, while continuing to invest in Roads, Economic Development, ...

Changes needed for provincial land-use policies to recognize farmland as a permanent feature with economic and ecosystem benefits From Environmental Defence, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Farmers and environmentalists don’t always agree, but today ...

From Utopia Hall A Fundraiser for the Utopia Gristmill Restoration Fund at The Utopia Cafe: Dinner & Concert with Dan Mckinnon When: Friday November 27, 2015 Where: Utopia Hall, 8396 6th Line, Utopia, ON Buffet Dinner starts at 7:00pm Concert start...

AWARE Simcoe Action Alert On Tuesday, November 24, county councillors will decide whether or not to pursue the $5,000 in legal costs a judge has awarded in the Beeton Woods case. The item is on the Committee of the Whole (COW) agenda. COW meetings star...

County’s official plan would expand protection By Sara Carson Barrie Advance When you drink tap water, take a shower and swim in a local lake, you want that water to be clean and safe. This is why the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition is asking the pro...

Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority news release NVCA staff caught a glimpse into the area’s history last week when several ledgers from the historic Bell’s Gristmill were uncovered. The ledgers, dating back to 1912, provide a record of the day-t...

By John Edwards Collingwood Connection Collingwood council turned down a request for a preemptive agreement allowing a proposed aviation park access to the regional airport, but that hasn’t scared away the developers. “We want to regroup and make a com...

By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow is in Vienna, Austria today to speak against the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). A Facebook event page highlights (in German)...

from Food and Water First The Ontario government continues its review of the Aggregate Resources Act (a move triggered by the fight to stop the Mega Quarry) and is seeking comments from the public to its proposed changes. The government’s ideas a...