By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press March 1 2011Zero Waste Simcoe has endorsed the county's decision to move to a full user-pay system for curbside garbage collection.Gordon McKay, chair of the grassroots watchdog group, has described the decision as a...

Fitness centre likely shut down for good By SHAWN GIILCK Collingwood Enterptise Bulletin Feb 25 2011COLLINGWOOD -- Collingwood council put the 2011 budget under the microscope Wednesday.There were few big surprises during the day-long number-crunching ...

By J.T. MCVEIGH, BARRIE EXAMINER Feb 25 2011ORO-MEDONTE TWP. -- Two voices in an 80-strong choir sang the praises of the federal government's Economic Action Plan.Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton and Barrie MP Patrick Brown met at the Lake Simcoe Regional...

By Sharon Weatherall Midland Free Press Feb 24 2011Beausoleil First Nation council is in the pre-approval stage for funding assistance to upgrade the water treatment plant on Christian Island. Without $100,000 for improvements the system could let in i...

By CAL PATTERSON – WARDEN’S COLUMN Barrie Examiner Feb 24 2011 Simcoe County Council approved the 2011 operating budget recently, another step along the road to long-term fiscal responsibility. One only needs to consider the budget, now top...

By Miriam King Bradford Times Feb 24 2011The estimated cost of a new interchange at Hwy. 400 and the 5th Line of Innisfil is now $53.1 million, including engineering, construction, contingencies, and land acquisition - but unlike the Dissette St./8th L...

Health Centre still in budget By Miriam King Bradford Times Feb 24 2011 The 2011 budget includes a $2 million line item for the conversion of the old library on Holland Court into a Family Health Care Centre – even though the Province did not app...

Editorial Barrie Examiner February 23 2011 Who can blame the mayor of Oro-Medonte for voicing frustration over the slow implementation of the provincial plan for county growth? Harry Hughes, perhaps echoing the concerns of other civic leaders in Simcoe...

Comment Chris Smith Innisfil Scope February 23 2010The public consultation process continues to expand in Innisfil municipal government.Last week, Innisfil council approved the formation of three new committees, steps that could potentially have far re...

Staff will ask council to endorse ‘next steps’ on Wednesday By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope Feb 23 2011 The Inspiring Innisfil 2020 process is nearing completion. On Wednesday, town council will be asked to push the project into the implement...