Click here for PDF version Preamble: Currently, planning in Simcoe County, Barrie and Orillia is undertaken to accommodate projected development and population growth. There is no evaluation of whether the growth will be beneficial or harmful to the pe...

By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald November 7 2013 NEW TECUMSETH - New Tecumseth Coun. Jamie Smith is taking a shot at the deputy mayor’s chair next year. ...

By Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press November 6, 2013 TORONTO -- Ontario's environmental watchdog is again taking aim at the governing Liberals, saying new rules they brought in this year threaten the protection of endangered species. ...

ECO news release November 6 2013Toronto, November 6, 2013 – In a special report to the legislature, Laying Siege to the Last Line of Defence, Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner warns that new regulation changes under the Endangered Species Act, 2007 ...

Response from the office of Rosario Marchese (NDP) November 5 2013Thank you for this email. I think you make some fair points.This is a consensus report between all three parties, and while it includes many good measures and establishes some promising ...

NDACT Call to Action November 4 2013We have drafted a template letter for you to send to the members of the Standing Committee on General Government in response to the report on the Aggregate Resources Act. ...

New Tecumseth Free Press November 5, 2013The proposed 48-unit Victoria Place condominium on Boyne Street cleared the site plan approval stage last night - rubber stamp expected next Monday. ...

AWARE Simcoe November 5 2012MIDHURST – AWARE Simcoe is calling on Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Linda Jeffrey to hold one of a series of workshops on her review of Ontario land use planning and development charges in Simcoe County. ...

My View - Part 3- Springwater Township’s Response to Questions regarding the Mega Developments of the Midhurst Secondary PlanBy Bill French Springwater News November 3 2013On May 17th of this year the township held an information meeting and provided d...

Megaquarry News November 1 2013We continue to analyze the Standing Committee's report on the Review of the Aggregate Resources Act and are extremely disappointed. There are no recommendations to protect prime farmland and source water regions. The pres...