By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin December 5 2011 COLLINGWOOD – A steady stream of residents beat a path to the mic to voice their opposition to the six-storey height of a proposed downtown residential and commercial project. Read mor...

Lack of specialized training, accredited laboratory tests By Max Paris CBC News Dec 13, 2011 The federal environment commissioner warned Tuesday that Environment Canada is struggling to enforce environmental protection regulations, and those who break ...

By Moira Welsh and Robert Benzie Toronto Star December 13 2011 The plan to destroy old growth forest near Temagami is not a done deal, said the Minister of Natural Resources. REad more  Ontario breaks Temagami pledge ...

Citizens, cities and provinces must continue to lead on solutions to climate change By Dale Marshall and Ian Bruce David Suzuki Foundation December 13 2011 Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Environment Minister Peter Kent have broken Canada’s com...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Dec 13, 2011 INNISFIL – Alcona will be home to thousands more people, in denser neighbourhoods that are connected with trails, says Innisfil’s interim planning manager. Read more ...

By Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press  Dec 12, 2011 OTTAWA – Rahim Jaffer’s attempt to build a post-MP business with a local lawyer friend might not have been lucrative but the pair still should have registered as lobbyists, says a parl...

It will take a paradigm shift in our relationship with First Nations to solve the ills of the Attawapiskats By David McLaren December 12 2011Perhaps the most iconic irony of the whole crisis at Attawapiskat is the presence, a scant 90 km away, of the D...

News release from City of Barrie December 12 2011Barrie City Council is pleased to announce that Carla Ladd has been hired to lead The City of Barrie as Chief Administrative Officer, effective February 27, 2012.  Carla’s experience spans nearly three d...

Orillia is top recycler By MIRANDA MINASSIAN, The Packet & Times December 10 2011 The Sunshine City and the County of Simcoe have once again topped the province’s list of recycling municipalities. Read more  Simcoe County places second Simco...

Letter to the Orillia Packet and Times December 9 2011 Re: Resident criticizes Oro-Medonte conservation agreement (Letter to the editor, Dec. 2)  Letter writer Sandy Agnew is correct in stating that the taxpayers of Oro-Medonte deserve to know the trut...