BY SEAN PEARCE Barrie Advance Feb 09, 2012  South Simcoe Police continue to investigate the cause of Sunday’s fatal motor vehicle collision that claimed the life of 29-year-old Sonia Dehdezi. In the minds of some, however, investigators need look no fu...

By Jennifer Bain Toronto Star February 8 2012 An off-the-cuff remark by Galen Weston at the Canadian Food Summit has enraged the farmers’ markets community and local food lovers. “Farmers’ markets are great. . . ,” Weston said Tuesday during a speech t...

By Jeff Lehman Barrie Examiner February 9 2012 When my three-year-old daughter grows up, I want to leave her a Barrie that is stronger than today. That means a city with a stronger economy, and with governments able to afford the services she will depe...

Road to getting OK for a new university filled with twists, turns By CHERYL BROWNE – Barrie Examiner Feb 9 2012 The push is on to prove to the province Barrie is ready to graduate. After Wednesday’s announcement that the minister of training, col...

Latest census shows Barrie is growing, but at a slower pace By Ian McInroy – Barrie Examiner –  Feb.9 2012 From leader of the pack to middle of the pack. Barrie continues to grow but not at the pace that led the country at one time, accordi...

New Tecumseth Free Press February 8, 2012 Between 2006 and 2011, New Tecumseth’s population grew from 27,701 to 30,234, a 9.1 per cent increase according to 2011 census data released this morning by Statistics Canada. Most of that was concentrate...

By Andrew Philips Barrie Advance Feb 08, 2012  Parents urge accommodation review committee to keep three Tay schools open Presenting economic, ecological and emotional arguments, worried Tay Township residents embraced one of their final chances Tuesda...

LSRCA news release – February 7, 2012 Newmarket – Conservation Authority acquires large tract of environmentally sensitive land. The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) has just purchased 34.4 hectares (85 acres) of land compr...

By BOB BRUTON – Barrie Examiner February 7 2012 There’s more light at the end of the Allandale tunnel. Barrie councillors gave initial approval Monday to a motion that includes a process to receive outside advice from local realtors and dev...

By Ian Macleod Ottawa Citizen February 5 2012 OTTAWA- For at least eight hours Monday, Ontario is once again forecast to produce more electricity than it consumes, and the recurring glut has one top energy executive warning of temporary nuclear power p...