By Rick Vanderlinde Simcoe.com Apr 25, 2011 INNISFIL — The provincial government wants to create more affordable housing by allowing basement apartments in townhouses and rowhouses. Innisfil council opposes the plan, saying it would create overcrowding...

‘Good engineering ways to ensure it is safe’ – McCullough By MIRANDA MINASSIAN Orillia Packet and Times April 22 2011 ORILLIA — Incineration was a full-blown firestorm nearly 20 years ago. That is when Ogden Martin penned an agreement...

By Frank Matys Simcoe.com Apr 21, 2011 ORILLIA – A decision to bill non-residents caught up in car accidents on Orillia soil will drive away out-of-town shoppers, warns an Oro-Medonte resident. “They are cutting their own throats,” Fr...

AWARE Simcoe April 25 2011 Dufferin Federation of Agriculture submission to MNR   No extension coming for quarry comments     Locals fight to preserve fresh water (NOW)  Activists embark on five-day walk   Caledon joins opposition to Melancthon pit    ...

Release from Ontario NDP - April 21 2011 NDP Leader Andrea Horwath today urged the McGuinty government to extend the period of consultation on a controversial mega-quarry north of Shelburne....

By Cal Patterson County of Simcoe Warden Innisfil Scope April 20 2011 The County of Simcoe is engaging in a local food revolution aimed at promoting a sustainable system across the region. Read more ...

By Miriam King Bradford Times Spril 21 2011 Architect Joseph Bogdan and Project Manager Andy Gordon were in BWG Council on April 19 with good news: the $16.175 million Bradford West Gwillimbury Library & Cultural Centre is not only “almost r...

By Miriam King Bradford Times April 21 2011 Work on the Holland Marsh Drainage Improvement project – dredging or relocating 27.8 km. of canals, at a cost of about $26 million – is currently ahead of schedule, despite the challenges, Drainag...

New Tecumseth Free Press Online April 19, 2011 Simcoe County has confirmed the tax ratios lower tier municipalities use to allocate the “tax burden” between the various assessment classes, and for New Tecumseth ratepayers, the overall avera...

New Tecumseth Free Press Online April 19, 2011 The first large scale, non-Honda related industrial development proposal in several years in New Tecumseth, has struck a financial hurdle installed by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) w...