AWARE News Network The following is the text of the AWARE Simcoe presentation to Simcoe County Council at the hearing into whether the stop-work order of the Beeton Woods clear cutting should be lifted. (The hearing is open to the public and all are ur...

Questions for Simcoe County Official Plan OMB Public Info Sessions, to be held in Midhurst April 20  Submitted by AWARE Simcoe March 31, 2015 Preamble  AWARE Simcoe appreciates County Council holding the Public Information Sessions on April 20, 2015. W...

Traditional Ceremony taking place despite Threats and Intimidation from Police and Industry Grassy Narrows Support  news release Highway 671, Ontario—Today at 1pm, the Grassy Narrows Women’s Drum Group will be hosting a traditional Anishinaabe Water Ce...

News release from Nicole Cox and Brittney Francis Residents of Beeton, Ontario have been intensely campaigning against a County decision allowing for the removal of a mature local forest containing endangered butternut trees. Through the investigations...

New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth solicitor Jay Feehely will represent the Town next Tuesday morning at a hearing concerning an appeal of Simcoe County’s stop work order that suspended a special permit issued to clear approximately 30...

AWARE Simcoe is saddened by the passing of Beverly Mixemong who, with her son James, was an important member of the Site 41 community. Obituary Mixemong, Beverly (Gogho koh kwe of the Loon Clan) passed away at home on Saturday April 4th, 2015 in her 57...

By Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press  TORONTO — A decision 16 years ago to divide Ontario Hydro into several different companies resulted in a new charge that’s still on all electricity bills and a multibillion-dollar debt that critics warn ...

By Simcoe County Warden Gerry Marshall Barrie Examiner  Spring is here and I look forward to another successful green season of events, festivals, tourism and outdoor activities across our county. As warmer weather arrives, projects heat up at the Coun...

New release from Springwater Township The Township of Springwater is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mark Archer as the Director of Public Works, effective as of March 23. Raised in Elmvale, Mr. Archer joined the Township of Springwater as t...

Highlights of the NVCA board of directors’ March 27 2015 meeting from the NVCA The board of directors approved the authority’s 2015 budget at $4,877,242. The 2015 budget is $267,044 higher than 2014. Of that increase, $61,000 came from a 3% incre...