By Peter Criscione Brampton Guardian  Brampton Brick says it is working to scoop up a concrete and masonry company that recently went into receivership. The deal could be worth up to $14 million and includes a state-of-the-art facility located in Simco...

By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald  ESSA – Essa council managed to shave another percentage off next year’s proposed levy during its latest round of budget talks. Earlier this month council was presented with the 2014 draft budget, which included ...

A new report by Pembina/RBC finds Greenbelt and Places to Grow legislation are not to blame for high housing costs By Christopher Hume Toronto Star When last we heard, the Pembina Institute and the Royal Bank were reporting that most suburbanites — 70 ...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Barrie has another partner buying into the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport. Simcoe County is purchasing a 20-per-cent share in the airport on Oro-Medonte Line 7 North. The facility, with a 6,000-foot runway, also has Canada C...

Sierra Club Canada MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA — New information from a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America should be enough to convince Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency ...

New Tecumseth Free Press November 26, 2013 Simcoe County councillors met this morning to approve a 2014 budget draft that was left largely untouched as tabled by staff last month, which will add $6.11 to the property tax bill per $100,000 of assessment...

From North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance November 26 201w At its Friday, November 22nd board meeting, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) deferred making a decision on our request that it eliminate the Maple Lake Estates (MLE) loophole ...

New Tecumseth Free Press November 26, 2013 New Tecumseth councillors voted 9-1 last night to retain John Mascarin of Aird and Berlis as their integrity commissioner effective Dec. 1, 2013 at an hourly rate of $550 billed when asked to investigate compl...

Simcoe County news release Simcoe County Council today approved a $403-million budget for 2014, which focuses on maintaining public infrastructure expenditures and expanding health and social programs, while continuing the County along a path of long-t...

By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald November 25 2013 ESSA – Essa Township is getting behind a citizen group’s push to have the Nottawasaga River protected under recently revised federal legislation. AWARE Simcoe vice chair Kate Harries gained counc...