By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Grant Thornton in Orillia is auditing Springwater Mayor Bill French’s election campaign expenses. A joint Springwater – Oro Medonte compliance audit committee decided the mayor’s expenses, which totalled $16,293.36, ...

By John Bacher Springwater Park Citizens Coalition In his Encyclical Letter, Laudato si’, (On Care for Our Common Home), the Holy Father Francis has made an urgent call for humanity to reverse the process where, “The earth, our home, is beginning...

By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate Details of a disputed development application for the North Gwillimbury Forest will be made public after all after a recent tug of war over its release. The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority “blinked”, accordi...

Letter to the Barrie Examiner (Re: ‘Park back in business; Springwater’ in the July 10 edition of the Examiner) On April 1, 2013 the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) closed Springwater Park by locking the gates. When the MNR lock...

from Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance After insisting for months that DG Group’s application to destroy wetlands in the North Gwillimbury Forest should remain tightly under wraps, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA...

AWARE News Network Simcoe County has come up with a short list of seven possible sites for a composting and waste transfer facility. A staff report explaining the list is on the County Council agenda for Tuesday August 11. Presently, the County sends i...

New Tecumseth Free Press Online The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority’s (NVCA) Human Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC) meets Aug. 13 to deal with the CAO’s report that requests “endorsement, in principle” to reduce its...

From Lakehead University Residents of the Georgian Bay and Simcoe County regions will have the opportunity to learn about how local water resources have an impact on their lives at this “Lakehead Challenge” event. What: The Challenge of Wat...

Springwater issues water restrictions From the Midhurst Ratepayers Association July 29 2015 On Tuesday, July 28, Springwater Township issued water restrictions for all those connected to municipal water. Residents are being advised to conserve water ge...

from Fair Vote Canada Award winning investigative journalist and author Michael Harris will be talking about his best selling book “Party of One: Stephen Harper and Canada’s Radical Makeover.” When: Wednesday September 9, 7:00PM Where...