By Frank Matys Simcoe.com Dec 16, 2010 ORILLIA - A staff skit that made light of single mothers, the homeless and people with mental illnesses had no place at a city Christmas party, Mayor Angelo Orsi says. ...

New Tecumseth Free Press Online December 13, 2010 On the eve of a new round of appointments to the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) board of directors comes a request to the municipal partners with two representatives to scale that back...

Enforcement failures by an environment ministry dedicated to business, with no care for dwindling water supplies By Sharon Yovanoff AWARE Simcoe December 15 2010 The Places To Grow legislation and its proposed Amendments are in my opinion not a bad pie...

Krystyn Tully, Waterkeeper Weekly December 13 2010The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development released his annual report on December 7, and the information is pretty grim for Canadian waterways....

By Laurie Watt Simcoe.com Dec 11, 2010BARRIE – Barrie has more time to put the finishing touches on tens of millions in infrastructure projects – from creek culverts to roads to an arena upgrade to a new fire station and a new theatre.Dec. 2, Pri...

By Jay Gutteridge Simcoe.com Dec 09, 2010The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury leisure services department is busy working on the second step: developing activities that take full advantage of the new facilities.The new leisure centre is scheduled to o...

Rick Vanderlinde Simcoe.com Dec 10, 2010INNISFIL — Former deputy mayor Gord Wauchope and his wife, Brenda, do not want their Innisfil Beach Road home placed on the town’s heritage registry. ...

By Janis Ramsay, Simcoe.com Dec 08, 2010 It is Cassie and other youngsters like her who inspired Barrie’s newest mayor to do more.Jeff Lehman took his oath of office Monday night and gave a speech about his goals in the next four years.“My family is on...

Cooper calls for expenditure review, patios to the buildings, options for legal servicesBy John Edwards Simcoe.com Dec 08, 2010Collingwood Mayor Sandra Cooper wasted no time in getting down to business.Cooper was officially sworn in on Monday as Collin...

By BOB BRUTON BARRIE EXAMINER December 8 2010Alex Nuttall could walk out on provincial politics, or he might be pushed.The nomination committee of Barrie's Progressive Conservative riding association has asked Nuttall to step down as a candidate at the...