By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner It didn’t pass the smell test, to be frank. Barrie councillors aren’t ready for a plan to allow residents to dispose of two clear bags of diapers per week as part of changes to the city’s waste collectio...

By Frank Matys Orillia Today Participants in a unique community program at Lakehead University’s Orillia campus will learn all about the birds and the bees. Reptiles, plants, rocks and minerals are among the other outdoorsy topics the inaugural class w...

Barrie Examiner  Federal Green Party candidates for the two Barrie ridings were nominated on Sunday. Bonnie North — a registered nutritional consultant who also represented the Green Party in last June’s provincial election — will run for the party in ...

Report of Tiny Township Public Meeting, Monday January 26, 2015: Proposed Expansion of Beamish Aggregate Pit on Lot 80, Concession 1 a.s. (Baseline Road) By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny This application is for a license to produce 600,000 additional tonnes an...

Who: Dr. Peter Sale – noted marine scientist and author of “Our Dying Planet” will be interviewed by Fred Hacker When: Tuesday Feb. 10 at 7:30 PM Where: at the Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St.Midland. Phone: (705) 527 4420  (Doors open at 7:00) Ti...

By Bob Bruton Barrie Examiner Barrie residents could dispose of two clear bags of diapers per week as part of changes to the city’s waste collection service. Each bag of diapers could weight no more than 20 kilograms, or about 44 pounds. City cou...

By Bob Bruton Barrie Examiner  It’s a done deal at Barrie’s Burton Avenue Mobile Homes park. The remaining residents have accepted an agreement with developer Vellinga/Melchior to be off 196 Burton Ave. by July 1, 2015, in return for $7,500...

by Ken Hashizume Bayshore Broadcasting  Building relationships is just one purpose of a meeting with the leaders of four Simcoe County municipalities and Rama First Nation. The meeting was held Thursday inside the office of Orillia Mayor Steve Clarke a...

By Laurie Watt  Barrie Advance One business day before Chuck Mady had to deliver Sobeys what he’d promised, he turned to the courts for protection. The anchor tenant, Sobeys, wanted to be in its new downtown store Monday. On Friday, Mady got some breat...

Pulling a fast one on pesticides… News release from Sierra Club Canada Foundation Government members of the Federal Standing Committee on Health are using their majority to force a very quick review of the Pest Control Products Act (the law that govern...