Around 250 people packed an Ajax banquet hall for an in-depth look at Bill 66. Former Ajax mayor, Steve Parish, was there, as was Oakville’s mayor, Rob Burton. -Land Over Landings photo from Mike Douglas Concerned Citizens of Ramara The Environmental D...

Councillor Deb Doherty  The town will be providing comments to the province prior to the Jan. 20 deadline outlining their reasons for not supporting the bill by: Jessica Owen Collingwood Today Coun. Deb Doherty wants to deep six Bill 66. On Dec. 6, the...

From Friends of Simcoe Forests On January 2, 2019 the Ministry of Municipal Affairs approved the County Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to build the Environmental Resource Recovery Centre (ERRC) in the Freele Forest on Horseshoe Valley Road. The deadline...

by Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald The retail landscape in Angus continues to expand. A new plaza is nearing completion at the No Frills plaza at 285 Mill St. The new building will feature a Scotiabank as the anchor tenant and three other retail spaces....

Mayor Don Allen ‘Not going to do anything untoward, but not going to handcuff ourselves’ By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Springwater Council voted last night to take a wait-and-see approach on Bill 66, after being told by Planning Direct...

Bradford-West-Gwillimbury Mayor Rob Keffer at his 2018 election campaign launch. -Bradford Today photo Updates: On January 14 2018, the Township of Adjala-Tosorontio unanimously approved a resolution to reject any aspect of Bill 66 that circumvents pro...

MP Bruce Stanton (PC – Simcoe North) speaks  at Honduras community meeting in April 2018 By Kate Harries Springwater News January 10 2010 At any given time there are about 100 cases of Canadians or their relatives imprisoned in foreign countries,...

Collingwood Councillor Deb Doherty makes a point at Tuesday’s meeting in Midhurst. -AWARE Simcoe photo Concerns include loss of protection, lack of transparency By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Concern and even alarm were the predominant sentim...

Bill 66 is a ‘Pandora’s box,’ Hold the Line’s Kevin Thomason says By Kate Bueckert · CBC News  Regional councillors do not support planning changes proposed under Bill 66 and will be sending that message to the province about it...

News release from Georgian Bay Today The cleanest water in the world is under threat. Scientist William Shotyk is worried. Shotyk, the Bocock Chair for Agriculture and Environment at the University of Alberta, is featured in the current issue of Georgi...