News release from Council of Canadians  June 3 2011Halifax, NS – Municipal councillors from across the country arrived in Halifax today for the annual general meeting of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and the Council of Canadians was there ...

Report of Tiny Township Council Meeting, May 30, 2011By Elsie  MacLaren AWARE Tiny June 3 2010Many members of the public were at this meeting. There were two presentations. The first was by Bill French on “Sustainable solutions,” and how his company co...

Forest fires sometimes needed to maintain balance By CHERYL BROWNE Midland Free Press June 2 2011 In big red letters across the top of Mother Nature’s clipboard are the words forest fires with a red check mark beside them. After talking to forest...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press June 2 201 Midland and Penetanguishene will continue working together to explore the benefits of being a joint urban node. The councils of both towns last week endorsed a Joint Urban Node Task Force report that ident...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press June 2 2011 ELMVALE -When you meet Ed Valender, you immediately appreciate that Anne Nahuis’s description of him is right on. He is, to use her words, “a testament to the human spirit.” Read more ...

‘Very few matters permitted to be discussed in closed session’- Prothero Letter from Councillor Jess Prothero New Tecumseth Free Press Online June 1 2011 The allegations contained in the lawsuit by former New Tecumseth Clerk Gayla McDonald,...

By MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT Globe and Mail Jun. 01, 2011 First came lumber certified as environmentally friendly, then seafood. Now a move is afoot to give gravel – blasted out of open-pit mines, then hauled out using diesel-belching trucks – the green seal...

MNR flooded with calls from supporters of Anishinabe rightsFrom Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek June 1 2011Thanks for supporting Grassy Narrows' efforts to assert their land rights and self-determination on their territory.  The Ministr...

By BOB BRUTON BARRIE EXAMINER June 1 2011 Wheels go ’round on a new bus plan for Barrie. City council gave final approval Monday to proceed with a $20.46-million public/private partnership (P3) plan to build a new transit garage on Welham Road. I...

By Maija Hoggett Simcoe.com May 31, 2011  NEW TECUMSETH – The town intends to vigorously defend allegations of slander and wrongful dismissal made by former clerk Gayla McDonald, who is suing the town and Mayor Mike MacEachern for $600,000-plus i...