AWARE Tiny February 11 2012 There will be a presentation by Les Selby Consulting Services on behalf of K.J. Beamish Construction Company for their proposed  expansion of their Aggregate Pit Licence to Tiny Council at 10:00 AM on Monday February 13, 201...

AWARE Simcoe February 11 2012The Simcoe Region Chapter of the Council of Canadians will present to Barrie City Council on Monday, March 26, 2012 to encourage the city to become Canada’s next Blue Community....

We all benefit from cleaning functions of community trees By Mark Cullen Toronto Star February 10 2012 Trees are the lungs of the earth — inhaling carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen. The health of our own lungs may in fact be more interconnected with s...

Significant increase in spent lead-acid batteries crossing the border  Environmental News Service February 8, 2012 MONTREAL – The transboundary movement of spent lead-acid batteries in North America has environmental and public health consequence...

AWARE Simcoe February 10 2012Danny Beaton celebrates life, justice, earth, air, fire, water at the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto on the anniversary of the Great Walk to Stop the Mega-Quarry....

Walrer Benotto of Shelburne re-elected as chairNVCA news release February 10 2012UTOPIA, Ontario – Walter Benotto, Councillor for the Town of Shelburne, was elected Chair of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Board of Directors for a fourth ...

Barrie Advance Feb 10, 2012  SIMCOE COUNTY – Statistics Canada has released new data showing the County of Simcoe has seen a 5.7 per cent population increase since 2006.  The county’s population is now tallied at 446,063, compared to 422,204 in 2...

Residents feeling slighted By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner February 10 2012 An earful. That’s what the developer, and Barrie councillors, got from south-end residents earlier this week about a proposed residential/commercial plan at Hurst Drive and...

Dunlop gets earful at pre-budget meeting By MIRANDA MINASSIAN Orillia Packet and Times February 9 2012 The City of Orillia is the sixth most unaffordable Canadian community to live in, a panel of community-group representatives heard during a roundtabl...

Blue Mountain Courier Herald editorial Feb 09, 2012  BARRIE – Like Toronto, Simcoe County should consider freeing itself from the oppression of the Ontario Municipal Board – a group the Toronto Star calls “an unelected, widely despised, quasi-jud...