New Tecumseth Free Press Online Simcoe County is now accepting Requests for Expressions of Interest from any land owner interested in selling their land to the upper tier for a proposed organics processing facility. The deadline to apply for considerat...

By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate A large-scale subdivision on provincially protected wetlands in Georgina may slip through a conservation “loophole”, according to the environmental group trying to close both the hole and stop development in the North...

New Tecumseth Free Press Online A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been reached between Simcoe County and the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury that will split the $37 million local share of the estimated $54 million cost to build a new interchang...

By Brent Preston Huffington Post April 21 2015 You could be forgiven for thinking that the shine has come off the small farm movement in the recent past. Last summer, an op-ed piece in the New York Times titled Don’t Let Your Children Grow Up To ...

Leading scientists and economists release statement to mark Earth Day in which they urge leaders to keep to commitments to avoid dangerous global warming By Adam Vaughan The Guatdian Three-quarters of known fossil fuel reserves must be kept in the grou...

from Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance Despite solemnly promising not to file an application for a development permit for its Maple Lakes Estate lands until “the LSRCA has concluded its review of the LSRCA Watershed Development Policy and ...

From the Council of Canadians  The David Dunlap Observatory Forest is under threat from developers. The 125 acre piece of land in the heart of Richmond Hill is a site of cultural, scientific, and environmental importance. The observatory was given by t...

Is Simcoe County a place to PRESERVE or a place to PAVE? From the Midhurst Ratepayers Association YOU can be part of the answer. With the province reviewing its land use planning including the Growth Plan and the Greenbelt Act, now is the time to learn...

By Katherine Ward CTV News Barrie  The mayor of Wasaga Beach is defending the town’s decision to seek the purchase of seven properties along the municipality’s main drag. Brian Smith says the town has seen a downward spiral in the number of tourists co...

By Bill Tremblay Orangeville Banner Melancthon Township is appealing changes to its Official Plan, after the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing removed items intended as water protection safeguards. In late March, the municipality learned of num...