From AWARE Essa On Saturday, September 19 (rain date September 26) from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Utopia Hall, AWARE Essa, and Friends of the Utopia Mill and Park invite you to Utopia Hall for an outdoor presentation on Trees in Essa Township. Wildlife habit...

Updated October 2 2020 AWARE News Network The Alliston BIA’s RURBAN Farmers Market at Centre and Victoria Streets is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Barrie Farmers’ Market is is open for pedestrians and on-site shopping. Vendors are ...

Plea agreement reduces charges to careless driving by Rick Vanderlinde Barrie Advance August 24 2020 Springwater Mayor Don Allen no longer faces charges of impaired driving and dangerous operation of a vehicle after agreeing to a lesser charge of carel...

From the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition We are very pleased to be hosting a webinar, for Just Recovery Simcoe, featuring the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE). We know there...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the groundbreaking ceremony for Oro Station on Aug. 20, alongside representatives from local, provincial and federal governments. Ontario gears up to be home to world’s first racetrack, luxury car club and auto hub – ...

Clark won’t grant minister’s zoning orders to projects going through LPAT process, including the ERRC in Springwater Township By Jessica Owen Barrie Today The County of Simcoe’s Environmental Resource Recovery Centre (ERRC) project will not be gr...

Back: Councillor Emmett Yeo, Councillor Clare Riepma, Mayor Virginia Hackson, Councillor Keenan Aylwin​, Mayor Margaret Quirk, Councillor Randy Greenlaw,​ Councillor Alex Waters, Fron: Councillor Shira Harrison-McIntyre, Regional Councillor Tom Vegh, C...

from your HAPPY HENS of Utopia Hello! Really hope that all is well. We are going to have another pie sale next Saturday – August 22nd (10am – 1pm). We will be baking 4 types: our Rhubarb Custard, Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp, Cherry & Lemon Meringue. T...

George Cornell ‘We appreciate that the public often has questions about why these sessions are held in confidence,’ says warden, noting they followed protocols By: Jessica Owen Collingwood Today County of Simcoe councillors met in closed se...

Migratory birds, like the endangered Black Tern, are protected in the U.S. and Canada by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Correction: a previous AWARE Simcoe caption included incomplete information about the recently introduced Double-crested Cormorant h...