New Tecumseth Free Press Online November 29, 2010 With a new term of council, comes a new round of citizen appointments to statutory committees. New Tecumseth is seeking 29 citizens to serve on seven committees and is now accepting applications from re...

By SARA ROSS, THE PACKET & TIMES November 30 2010The City of Orillia has been conducting studies to determine where pollutants leaching into Lake Simcoe are coming from.A report from the Ministry of Environment (MoE) released last January tells th...

Fire Marshal staying out of “internal” matterBy Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald Nov 26, 2010ADJALA-TOSORONTIO – Four Adjala-Tosorontio firefighters who say they were wrongfully fired after raising workplace and safety concerns will be ...

AWARE Simcoe December 3 2010The next Barrie City council, elected Oct. 25, will be sworn into office on Monday, Dec. 6 at City Hall in Barrie.  Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m....

By Phinjo Gombu Toronto Star November 28 2010Regional councillor-elect Deb Schulte belongs to a group called Sustainable Vaughan and loves to garden. But please don’t call her an environmentalist.Schulte, who fought to preserve the valuable agricultura...

Fresh faces must get up to speed By JENNIFER BURDEN Orillia Packet and Times November 26 2010Within the first two months of inauguration, newly elected mayors and councillors will be asked to comment on a complex plan that will shape Simcoe County grow...

AWARE Simcoe – November 26 2010At the last meeting of the outgoing Simcoe County council on November 23 councillors approved changes to the county’s procedure bylaw that will establish a two-year term for the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the C...

By BOB BRUTON BARRIE EXAMINER November 27 2010Christmas could come early for four city groups Monday.Barrie councillors will consider handing out almost $98,000 in funding in their last meeting of this new term. The new city council will be sworn in De...

Editorial Barrie Examiner November 25 2010Alex Nuttall is not the first Barrie councillor to set his sights on higher political ground. The Ward 10 councillor has filed his nomination papers with Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party to be the Barri...

Nuttall, Jackson, Hermiston-Campbell, McCallum run for PC nominationBy Janis Ramsay Barrie Advance Nov 25, 2010BARRIE - With Friday’s deadline for PC candidate nominations, there are now four in the running.Hot off the heels of the municipal election, ...