Chernobyl material will be dangerously radioactive for thousands of years By Stephen Leahy IPS May 6 2011 The nuclear energy industry only exists thanks to what insurance experts call the “mother of all subsidies”, and the public is largely...

News release from the IJC May 16 2011The International Joint Commission (IJC) invites public comment on progress to reduce the impacts of transboundary air pollution under the 1991 Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement. Achievements in both countr...

So why do critics use that as an excuse to not even try?News release from Zero Waste Simce May 16 2010Zero Waste Simcoe co-founders Ray Millar and Gord McKay have heard the words…. 'I would like to change, but' ….  one too many times. That's why they d...

Warden says provincial official considers that county was “somewhat mistreated”By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe May 16 2011Warden Cal Patterson says he and senior county staff had an “excellent” meeting with Provincial Development Facilitator Paula Dill ea...

Cal Patterson, Simcoe County Warden and Mayor of Wasaga Beach, will be the guest on Politically Speaking hosted by Bill French on Weds May 18 at 8:00 p.m. on Collingwood Rogers TV Cable 53. This is your opportunity to ask the Warden about the growth pl...

Natural Resources Minister Linda Jeffrey looking for “balance” By Mike Crawley, CBC News May 13, 20 A Toronto-based wind power company is proposing to build a green energy project on the shores of Lake Ontario, but it could threaten two end...

Heavy-garbage transportation costs not currently covered By Nicole Million Simcoe.com May 11, 2011 MIDLAND – Midland wants to be the site of a pilot project for a heavy-garbage voucher system that covers transportation costs, an issue for which council...

Purchase price, vision cited as stumbling blocks  By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner May 14 2011 Are the tracks running short on another city redevelopment partner for Barrie’s Allandale station land? Councillors will consider a motion Monday that inc...

Comment: Procedural fiasco at Collingwood council wrong on so many levels By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin May 12 2011 Perhaps it was the appearance of being ‘rammed through’ council that elicited such a visceral reaction...

By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin May 13 2011 COLLINGWOOD — An industry in the town’s east end has given fire chief Trent Elyea 50,000 reasons to smile. On Friday afternoon, Elyea — and the Town of Collingwood — were presented w...