Neighbours raise concerns over 510-unit project By BOB BRUTON – Barrie Examiner March 16 2012 A planned seniors community near Barrie’s Little Lake has the green light, despite continued concerns from area residents. Read more ...

By Kristen Smith Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin March 16 2012 BLUE MOUNTAINS – Friends, neighbours, and municipal staff are pitching in, trying to help mitigate damage caused by a mudslide near Alpine Ski Club. Read more    Landslide causes evacuation...

By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin March 13 2012 COLLINGWOOD — It’s official — the town’s taxpayers will get a break in 2012. Whether town councillors can wrestle municipal spending down even further remains to be seen. Rea...

“Any board that is not doing something that fits the town’s strategic goals, then is to be brought into line’ – Chadwick By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin March 13 2012 COLLINGWOOD — Town council has taken the ...

Midland Free Press March 15 2012 Kill, kill, kill. AWARE Simcoe is focusing the spotlight on invasive plant species that are devastating the natural environment in Simcoe County. This is an urgent concern, and all Simcoe County residents need to know w...

Posted March 15 2012 Conservatives, Bloc Quebecois combine to defeat private member’s bill to safeguard Canada’s freshwater from the threat of future export to the U.S. and other countries. Statements by Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia  Green Par...

Extra costs will delay Highway 400 work By BOB BRUTON – Barrie Examiner March 15 2012 Add $14 million to the $23.75-million cost to reconstruct Barrie’s Highway 400/Duckworth Street interchange, Read more ...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press March 15 2012 The planning and development committee has recommended that council approve a site plan application to allow construction of a three-storey, 110-unit retirement complex at 105 Pillsbury Dr. Read more ...

New Tecumseth Free Press March 15, 2012 Simcoe County’s Corporate Services committee has delayed, again, spending the funds to build a noise attenuation wall around its new $2.4 million works yard at 6609 County Road 1, just west of Beeton. Read ...

Leaked documents reveal plans to gut habitat-protection provisions, Opposition says The Canadian Press March 14 2012 The federal NDP says it has obtained leaked documents showing the Conservatives are poised to strip the Fisheries Act of habitat-protec...