Jim Wilson release Simcoe-Grey MPP Jim Wilson and former Minister of Natural Resources, Oshawa MPP Jerry Ouellette, will host a roundtable meeting to discuss fishing, hunting and wildlife issues with local anglers and hunters on May 7th in Creemore. &#...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance  The Ministry of Natural Resources is talking with the Beausoleil First Nation about reopening Springwater Provincial Park as a pair of warring citizens’ groups wait to hear if they’ll be included. But while the ministry i...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance   A new $29-billion infrastructure renewal fund is so short on details, Barrie isn’t banking on getting any of the cash to upgrade roads and bridges. “It’s tough to gauge what it means for Barrie at this point. I can ...

Councillor defends owners’ rights By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Barrie council is simply refusing to help a group of vulnerable residents, Burton Avenue Mobile Home Owners Association spokesperson Frank Fanuzzi says. Monday night, councillors gave init...

By Dominik Kurek Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic York Region and area farmers and grassroots initiatives are big winners today after the federal government announced another $8.6 million to clean up Lake Simcoe and its watershed. This funding is part o...

CORRECTION: In an earlier version of this post, MRA president Sandy Buxton was incorrectly quoted as saying that Springwater is being “sued” by developers.  The wording she used in her letter (full text below) is that the MSP developers hav...

From Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition  Scientists suggest that 40% of the watershed be permanently in “high quality natural cover”. But now only about 35% of the watershed is in natural cover (high quality or not) and very little of that is truly protected...

A leading academic has called on a legal disciplinary body to investigate comments by a Superior Court judge who chastised police for not taking swift action to remove First Nations protestors from rail lines By Peter Edwards Toronto Star A leading aca...

Ever have to listen to someone, that doesn’t even vote, complain about political issues? Meade Helman may have the solution, listen to his video blog....

The AWARE Simcoe Annual General Meeting is coming up! It will be held on Saturday May 3, 2014 at the Midhurst Community Centre, 74 Doran Road in Midhurst, starting at 10:00 a.m. Business will include:  1. Update on the Simcoe County Official Plan (SCOP...