In its heyday, foundry employed around 800 people By JENNIFER BURDEN THE PACKET & TIMES January 14 2011 A piece of Orillia’s industrial history is up for sale.All four parcels of the 144-year-old FLSmidth property, formerly known as Dorr-Oli...

Most of the material would come from TorontoBy NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMESThe 60 people who attended a public meeting Tuesday night in Oro-Medonte Township learned a lot about what a recycling company is not interested in. ...

By NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMES January 12 2011The previous city council is being asked to return all closed-session documents and reports so they can be destroyed....

By NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMES January 12 2011A mayor’s task force on the budget will immediately start work after it is formed at next week’s council meeting.The task force was approved during a meeting last month, as part of a ...

By Krystyn Tully and Joanna Bull, Waterkeeper Weekly January 10 2011Ontario’s new long-term energy plan may look like it is all about green power (it is called “Building Our Clean Energy Future”, after all). It isn’t. First and foremost, Ontario’s ener...

By Maija Hoggett Simcoe.com Jan 11, 2011 NEW TECUMSETH - There was a lot of discussion, but no decisions last week over how much New Tecumseth's municipal tax increase will be this year. Thursday night was council's first chance to talk about the 2011 ...

Council of Canadians Simcoe Region Chapter meets on Wed., January 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Barrie Public Library.The group will discuss how to move forward with work to ban water bottles and educate people about the related social issues....

Province Pushing Leapfrog Development AWARE Simcoe note: this is part of a primer prepared by Council of Canadians, Earthroots and STORM (Save the Oak Ridges Moraine) Coalition on a proposed amendment to the Places to Grow legilation that will allow ne...

Environmental group OK with proposed facility By JENNIFER BURDEN, THE PACKET & TIMES January 10 2011An outspoken watchdog and environmental group has thrown its support behind a proposed recycling facility in Oro-Medonte Township. ...

By NATHAN TAYLOR THE PACKET & TIMES January 10 2010The city should consider its waterfront master plan before starting the dock-replacement project at the Port of Orillia, the mayor says.Councillors decided at Monday night's council committee meeting t...