By BOB BRUTON BARRIE EXAMINER December 7 2010And so it begins again.Barrie’s new city council was officially sworn in Monday, marking the start of its 2010-2014 term of office.“Welcome to a new day in Barrie,” said Mayor Jeff Lehman t...

By BOB BRUTON, BARRIE EXAMINER December 6 2010The curtain could come down on a Canadian theatres conference in Barrie next spring.City council has denied a $10,000 grant to the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) for a May 24-29, 2011 ...

Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development’s Opening StatementFall 2010 Report Press Conference—7 December 2010Good morning. Our Report today examines a number of areas, ranging from oil spills from ships to fresh water monitoring and ...

News release from Simcoe County -- Midhurst -- December 14, 2010 – Due to inclement weather the 169th Inaugural Meeting of the Council of the County of Simcoe scheduled for today has been postponed until Thursday, December 16 beginning at 1 p.m. in the...

By Frank Mays simcoe.com December 9 2010ORILLIA - A staff Christmas skit that proved no laughing matter for Orillia's newly-elected mayor is the subject of a soon-to-be-released report.Angelo Orsi said he and others in attendance at a Nov. 27 municipal...

Document released by WikiLeaks lists Canadian sites judged vital by U.S.By Travis Mealing Simcoe.com Dec 09, 2010 MIDLAND – In addition to global trouble spots like Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea, the mountain of diplomatic cables released by online...

Letter to Simcoe.com December 9 2010NORTH SIMCOE – Regarding the proposed amendment for the Simcoe sub-area to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006, under the authority of the Places to Grow Act, 2005, I have a concern.The Ministry of...

By RICHARD ROHMER, O.C., Q.C. Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin December 10 2010Have you ever seen such snow in Collingwood this early in December?Well, the beautiful stuff was plough-banked at about three feet (one metre?) in front of our driveway in Ol...

Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin December 10 2010COLLINGWOOD — Another local riding association will have to find a candidate, after the Liberal's standard-bearer in Simcoe-Grey has officially called it quits.Andrea Matrosovs announced Friday afternoon ...

By Erika Engel Barrie Advance Dec 10, 2010Paul Throop is the latest candidate for the federal Simcoe-Grey Conservative Party nomination. The newest candidate for the federal Conservative candidate nomination for the Simcoe-Grey Riding already has a des...