By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance August 13 2014Ontario will not sideline Barrie as the province examines transportation infrastructure upgrades, post-secondary investments and seeks to address the skills gap, Premier Kathleen Wynne told The Advance last w...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network August 7 20135th Line Interchange. It looks like the 5th line interchange is back on the table (if it was ever off) According to comments from Jay Courrier, town manager, the town is going forward with engineering and...

Ontario’s Environment ministry and Gilead Power are appealing a decision to overturn the approval for the Ostrander Point project By Rachel Mendleson Toronto Star Aug 06 2013 There may be yet another round in the battle over an endangered turtle habita...

By GLORIA GALLOWAY The Globe and Mail Aug. 05 2013OTTAWA — The federal Conservative government consulted with both environmental organizations and industry associations before making controversial changes to the Fisheries Act last year, but listened pr...

Simcoe County Official Plan builds on questionable settlement area boundaryBy David Strachan Midhurst Ratepayers Association August 3 2013On August 2, 2013, the Ontario Municipal Board issued its decision, dismissing the Midhurst Ratepayers' Associatio...

AWARE Simcoe August 3 2013 The County of Simcoe, the Township of Springwater and various developers have been successful in getting the MRA dismissed as an appellant from the OMB hearing into Simcoe County's Official plan. The following is the text of ...

NDACT’ release - posted August 3 2013Celebrate Food & Water First in Honeywood, Melancthon Township, where the fight to stop the Highland Mega Quarry began. The event will feature delicious food prepared by local chefs, a farmers' market, music, art, a...

From Simcoe Solar Farm Awareness Project July 31 2013The Ministry of Energy is undertaking a formal review of Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan. ...

AWARE Simcoe August 3 2013This is a link to the official Ontario Beekeepers Association petition to ban the use of neonicotinoids,The Ontario government has appointed a panel to look into neonicotinoids, but as millions of bees perish in deaths associa...

Pierre Pilote agrees to support fundraising golf tournamentMidland Mirror July 29 2013NORTH SIMCOE – Hockey legend and Wyevale resident Pierre Pilote has thrown his support behind a golf tournament in memory of another well-known local resident: Gord L...