Dissette Street cost nearly $35MBy Sean Pearce Simcoe.com Mar 29, 2012 The costs for the Dissette Street/8th Line road widening and reconstruction are in and they’re not pretty. According to a report prepared recently by Bradford’s manager of capital p...

CORRECTIONSAn earlier version of this report stated that Mayor Ray Millar denied a request for a letter to be discussed in public. Tiny Clerk Doug Luker advises that in fact council reached a “consensus” to continue the discussion in closed session. Th...

Grassy Narrows calls on Ontario to fund permanent community run environmental monitoring station; 2010 study shows mercury in fish still often above safe levelGrassy Narrows news release March 28 2012Fifty years ago this month, in March 1962 Dryden Che...

Consultation will gauge appetite for casino or slots facility in MidlandBy Travis Mealing Midland Mirror Mar 28, 2012  MIDLAND – Midland residents will be asked about their willingness to host a gaming facility of some kind, but wagering on a major cas...

Council authorizes negotiations despite qualms about proposed detailsBy Travis Mealing Midland Mirror March 28 2012 MIDLAND – A Midland restaurateur wants to cook up a land swap with the town, but councillors might not have an appetite for the proposed...

Drummond’s reforms make sense, but can they work?By Jeff Lehman – Barrie Examiner March 27 2012For the past six decades, an unprecedented period of economic expansion and social liberation has brought our country an unprecedented quality of life....

12 Bradford employees raking in “Sunshine”By Sean Pearce Simcoe.com Mar 26, 2012  A total of 12 Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury employees made this year’s installment of the so-called Sunshine List, which provides the names and salaries o...

Staff recommendation carries the day despite spirited opposition from Penetanguishene mayorBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 27 2012Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall today failed in his bid to open up the county’s  Request for Proposals process so ...

Waypoint psychiatrist-in-chief tops list of local public-sector salariesBy Travis Mealing Barrie Advance March 26 2012NORTH SIMCOE – ….Topping the list locally is Dr. Russel L. Fleming, psychiatrist-in-chief at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health C...

CORRECTION - Length of contract is 7 years, with 2-year option to renewBut key information withheld on county’s largest contract everBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 25 2012On Tuesday, Simcoe County Council will vote on the largest contract the coun...