``North-south`` split in new water and waste water strategy an issueNew  Tecumseth Free Press April 19, 2012New Tecumseth has served notice to Simcoe County that the the Town is prepared to appeal any changes made to the upper tier's Official Plan that...

By Frank Matys Barrie Advance Apr 19, 2012  ORILLIA – The Simcoe County Alliance to End Homelessness is voicing concern over what it says is council’s inaction on affordable housing. “It just looks at this point in time as if, slowly but surely t...

Fewer politicians, directly elected councillors would reduce staff influence, says Penetang mayorBy Nicole Million Midland Mirror Apr 17, 2012SIMCOE COUNTY – Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall says change is needed to lessen the influence of administ...

By BILL HENRY, QMI AGENCY April 17 2012Meaford is among the top Ontario municipalities for keeping organic materials and recyclables out of landfills.Meaford’s overall 60% waste diversion rate is up 10% from 2010, according to the 2011 waste mana...

Barrie Advance April 16 2012INNISFIL/BWG — South Simcoe Police see more crashes on Innisfil Beach Road than any other road in their jurisdiction. There were 72 collisions on the 15-kilometre stretch between Lake Simcoe and Thornton last year. IBR, whic...

By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner April 17 2012Barrie residents could be putting their garbage out once every two weeks, and paying separately for the privilege, under a proposed sustainable waste management strategy. ...

By Don Pearson Conservation Ontario Thursday, 12 April, 2012I was struck this week by the realization that we public servants have done a lousy job in educating the public about the reasons that certain policy initiatives might actually be in the publi...

 By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians April 13 2012The Canadian Press reports, “Mayors in Atlantic Canada say they want to participate in ongoing free trade negotiations between the federal government and the European Union. The mayors, who are hold...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press April 12 2012PERKINSFIELD -Tiny Township is appealing a court decision giving 1737118 Ontario Inc. title to a strip of Woodland Beach shoreline.In a decision handed down in December 2011, Madam Justice Anne Mullins d...

By Rick Vanderlinde Barrie Advance Apr 13, 2012 INNISFIL — Council has already given town staff its marching orders when it comes to next year’s tax increase — 2.4 per cent and no higher. And that is a “blended increase”, meaning it will absorb any inc...