From Friends of Simcoe Forests The Friends of Simcoe Forests (FSF) along with 2 other appellants are diligently preparing for the Case Management Conference (CMC) scheduled to be conducted by The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) on Wed. August 7, ...

Jeff Schmidt Springwater news release After a 35-year career in the municipal sector, Springwater’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Robert Brindley has announced his retirement effective August 31, 2019. Brindley began working for the Township in 20...

Lake Erie’s green algal blooms — often attributed to agricultural pollution — have in some years caused thousands of dead fish to wash up on our shores. Most Canadians seem unaware of the lake’s newfound legal rights. But it begs the question of ...

John Hawke by Andrew Mendler  Midland Mirror The main entrance to Awenda Provincial Park is open again. The protest was disbanded by park staff and the Southern Georgian Bay OPP on July 28, more than five weeks after the blockade was first established....

Celia Fox, right, of Newmarket chats with Water Protectors Erin Archer and Lynne Gibson yesterday before signing the petition to protect the water. -AWARE Simcoe photo AWARE News Network It’s busy at the flow (the Water Kiosk on Highway 27 north ...

While not an outright single-use plastic ban, the town will be actively working to eliminate single-use plastic by: Erika Engel Barrie Today The effort to be a plastic-free community just got a boost with a unanimous motion from Collingwood town counci...

‘You mined the rock you said you were going to mine. We’ve honoured that deal. Goodbye,’ mayor responds   by: Nathan Taylor Orillia Matters The company that was denied a rezoning request to expand its quarry operations in Ramara is app...

Willow Creek News release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority For the second year in a row, the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF Canada) Loblaw Water Fund awarded the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA)’s Healthy Waters Program wi...

Lawyer Guy Giorno Township’s new integrity commissioner to be given ‘free access’ to all materials by Brad Pritchard  Alliston Herald Adjala-Tosorontio council’s first assignment for the township’s new integrity commissioner is to conduct inquiri...

The Green Party’s Elizabeth May with AWARE Simcoe Chair Don Morgan on Darby Road in Waverley. -AWARE Simcoe photo By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May stopped at the gates of the Teedon Pit in Waverley today...