New Tecumseth Free Press March 22, 2012New Tecumseth ratepayers will contribute $10.39 million in property taxes or 9.75 per cent of the $106.6 million Simcoe County will collect from taxation in 2012 for its purposes, from the 16 lower tier member mun...

By CHERYL BROWNE – Barrie Examiner – March 22 2012The heady scent of warm cedar wood chips rises from the forest floor as purple and yellow primroses poke out from the underbrush. Read more...

Email from Simcoe Solar Awareness Project March 21 2012It’s a Bad FIT for Ontario!The Wind Industry Barons are blowing into Toronto for the Ontario Feed In Tariff Forum April 3 & 4th  at the Metro Convention Center, 255 Front Street West....

Ending federal oversight of fresh water proves hard for some provinces to swallowThe Canadian Press Mar 21, 2012 Next week’s budget will propose a streamlined environmental assessment process, something that will delight the oil patch and give pr...

Business community cautiously optimisticBy By Sean Pearce Simcoe.com Mar 08, 2012Has downtown Bradford’s time finally come? The local business community certainly hopes so. So much so, in fact, that the Bradford Board of Trade has struck a downtown com...

By Nicole Million Simcoe.com Mar 14, 2012MIDLAND – The Midland Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market has become something to look forward to each weekend in the summer, and 2012 will be no exception.Read more...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press March 15 2012Three Midland councillors walked out of a planning and development committee session last week after a motion by one of them to adjourn the meeting appeared to fail.Read more...

By Bruce Hain Simcoe.com Mar 20, 2012 INNISFIL — Expect exciting days ahead in the Town of Innisfil. Mayor Barb Baguley spoke to a select group of business leaders, residents and municipal officials at the second annual Mayor’s breakfast on Tuesday at ...

By Brad Pritchard Simcoe.com Mar 20, 2012 BEETON – New Tecumseth Mayor Mike MacEachern isn’t fazed by a Simcoe County committee’s decision to hold off on building a noise barrier at the new Beeton Roads Garage in hopes of finding a cheaper altern...

By Kady O’Malley CBC News March 14, 2012  Liberal MP Scott Andrews has served notice on the Chamber — and specifically, the government — that his party intends to “lift the veil of secrecy” that has recently permeated the ...