Phil Horgan By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Former Springwater mayor Bill French faces a very novel prosecution on 10 charges relating to his 2014 campaign finance statement, his lawyer told a crowd of French supporters yesterday. The novelty, Phil ...

News release from Wasaga Beach George Vadeboncoeur is the Town of Wasaga Beach’s new chief administrative officer. Council appointed Vadeboncoeur to the position on December 6, 2018. “We are pleased to have George once again be a part of our team,” May...

Rudy Turtle  By Kristy Kirkup & Janice Dickson National Observer An Ontario First Nation suffering from generations of mercury poisoning still needs a treatment centre and help for children harmed by the toxic metal, its chief said Wednesday. Until...

Drumming outside the township office before the start of the prehearing. -AWARE Simcoe photo AWARE News Network A Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) prehearing conference regarding an application by CRH Group Inc. to expand the Teedon Pit has been p...

AWARE News Network The former Simcoe County warden has lost his job as interim CAO of Wasaga Beach. Newly-installed Mayor Nina Bifolchi made the announcement today in a news release. “Gerry joined us at the town towards the end of the last term of coun...

Earlier map shows location of Metrus Development project. The company has now rebranded as DG Group. -North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance facebook In exchange, DG would give up its proposed Maple Lake Estates (MLE) project in a Provincially Significant W...

Ontario introduces open season hunt on nesting birds From Peaceful Parks Nowhere in North America are sport hunters permitted to shoot at close range nesting migratory birds and their chicks while still in the nest, but that is exactly what Ontario’s C...

Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk speaks to media. -National Observer photo By Fatima Syed National Observer An Ontario cabinet minister is vowing to bring in “more oversight” for the province’s oil and gas pipelines, following a damning audit that ...

by Gisele Winton Sarvis Midland Mirror The talk of the Tiny Township inaugural council meeting was that acclaimed Mayor George Cornell is running for Simcoe County warden. So far there are two candidates for warden: Cornell and James Leduc, deputy mayo...

By Thomas Walkom Toronto Star In Poland, Canada and close to 200 other nations are making a last-ditch effort to save the world from devastating climate change. At home, the Canadian and Albertan governments are trying to salvage an industry that is on...