By Bob Bruton – Barrie Examiner April 14 2010Barrie’s mayor and city councillors are receiving a 2% pay raise this year. This will increase Mayor Jeff Lehman’s base annual salary to $89,635 and Barrie’s 10 councillors will each receive base salar...

 Critics accuse Tories of ‘abdicating’ government’s responsibility to protect environment By Andrew Davidson, CBC News April 17 2012The federal government is reducing the number of departments and agencies that can do environmental re...

Hanna calls for open discussion by Springwater councilBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 17 2010More than 200 people packed the Springwater Township council chamber and foyer yesterday to show opposition to an expansion of Midhurstl that would allow th...

Legislation being considered to control spread and sale of invasive species By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 15 2012When people dump  garbage in the forest, it’s a nuisance.When they dump leaf and yard waste in the forest, they may be sowing the seed...

Tiny Township Council Report April 10, 2012By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny April 13 2012There was a brief discussion on the beach issue appeal with Deputy-Mayor Lawrence thanking the C.E.O., Doug Luker for keeping the residents informed by his update on the T...

Groundbreaking agreement between Simcoe County and Ontario Farmland TrustNews release from the Ontario Framland Trust April 12, 2012Guelph – Over 250 acres of prime farmland in Tiny Township, once designatedas the North Simcoe Landfill (Site 41), have ...

By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 11 2012Simcoe County’s corporate services committee voted today to accept a staff report recommending that BFI  Canada be awarded the waste collections contract, for $10.7 million in the first year.  The bid is $2.6 m...

By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 10 2012Today, members of Simcoe County’s governance committee met to consider how to proceed on changes that would completely remake the county system of government. ...

Massive call-in needed to NDP and PCs to urge rejection of amendments to environmental legislationAWARE Simcoe is passing on two alerts about the Liberal government's Omnibus Bill 55 which amends a number of environmental bills while circumventing norm...

What's growing around you?AWARE Simcoe news release - April 8 2012A meeting being held this Saturday April 14 at the Elmvale Arena is aimed to be the start of a county-wide effort to control and eradicate invasive alien plant species. ...