Incentives to developers for cleaning up contaminated sites By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner October 4 2011 The city could take steps to turn brownfields into greenfields in its downtown and Allandale areas. A public meeting Monday concerned amendments to...

Council stops short of opening chequebook for research partnership By SARA ROSS Orillia Packet & Times October 4 2011 Orillia councillors would like to see funding partners come forward to support a city partnership with Lakehead University to loo...

What are you doing on October 4? October 4th is a day where we honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. The violence experienced by Aboriginal women and girls in Canada is a national tragedy. We must take the time to give th...

Did some sleuthing on its travels Barrie Advance September 22 2011 Leslie Varsava of Ladies of the Lake Conservation Association reflects on water – where it’s going and what’s hitching a ride along the way. Read article ...

Suzuki, Wildlands League express concernAWARE Simcoe October 2 2011The federal government has posted its draft strategy for the recovery of the boreal woodland caribou, under threat of extinction across the north.David Suzuki’s evaluation of the draft ...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Barrie Examiner October 1 2011 MIDHURST — Zero Waste Simcoe has criticized the county’s new plan to keep trash off curbs by only increasing the price of extra bags by a buck. Sandy Agnew, a director of Zero Waste, said council la...

All join in singing Hobo Wally’s new song: King of the HoleAWARE Simcoe October 1 2011About 300 people gathered on the front lawns of Queen's Park and, just as the rally started, the sun started to shine and it shone throughout!...

Not if councillors have learned that change at Simcoe County is not going to be easy By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 1 2011There are those who will say that Simcoe County Council has wasted a year in tackling its waste problems by dithering on cha...

Canada Post hasn't stuck to agreement with township - MillarTiny Township Council Meeting of September 26, 2011 ReportBy Vickie Kee September 30 2011A company,Nestle Waters Canada, is going to challenge the councils latest decision of banning water bot...

Building on our environmental stewardship By CAL PATTERSON Barrie Examiner September 29 2011 I recently had the distinct pleasure of attending the inauguration ceremony of one of the county forests’ newest tracts of land located in Springwater To...