Meeting will be held at Angus Recreation Centre By Ian McInroy Barrie Examiner jANUARY 20 2012 ESSA TWP. — John de Cromvrugghe doesn’t believe letting developers determine growth in Simcoe County is in the best interest of county residents. Read ...

Old model of growth-by-development-charges no longer applies By Christopher Hume Toronto Star January 19 2012 Hazel McCallion may still be the mayor of Mississauga, but it’s the end of an era in the city over which she has presided for more than 30 yea...

More land is being eaten up by development,SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki jANUARY 20 2012n early November, 70 Harvard University students walked out of their introductory economics class. They wrote professor Gregory Mankiw, saying the biased nature o...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Jan 20, 2012 SIMCOE COUNTY — Simcoe County developers have a clearer vision about how the region will grow over the next 20 years. Ontario has stuck to its 667,000-population cap for Simcoe County in 2031, but developers a...

Province eyeing county By CHERYL BROWNE BARRIE EXAMINER January 20 2012 It’s either much ado about nothing or the most important thing that’s happened to Simcoe County in decades. However, until all levels of city and county staff, as well ...

UPDATED Feb. 2 2012 – See Midland Mirror link below By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press January 19 2012 Three members of Midland Council have filed a formal closed meeting complaint with Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin. Councillors Pat File, Mike R...

Mike Ross condemns disrespectful’ e-mails sent on town server By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press Coun. Mike Ross has condemned as “unprofessional and disrespectful” a series of e-mails sent to his home in error by a fellow council me...

Letter to the Midland Free Press January 19 2012 It is with growing concern that I have viewed the budget proceedings underway at the Town of Midland. The pressure by a small group of citizens is taking our municipal government down a path with potenti...

Letter to the Midland Free Press January 19 2012 I would like to bring clarity to the discussions on the Notice of Motion brought forward by our Finance and Corporate Services Chairs, Councillors Daryl O’Shea and Jamie Robitaille. The motion is i...

Innisfil woman fighting to stop recreational hunting of endangered snapping turtles UPDATE: 11,000 people have now signed the petition  By IAN MCINROY – Barrie Examiner January 19 2012 INNISFIL — How a creature like the snapping turtle can be lis...