Deadline extended after AWARE Simcoe presentationAWARE Simcoe April 20 2013After hearing about deficiencies in the public consultation process for Simcoe County's Official Plan, the Ontario Municipal Board has extended the deadline to June 20 to allow ...

Small-town provincial Ontario has been abandoned, Marshall saysBy Kate Harries AWARE News Network April 19 2013Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall today announced that he will seek the New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Simcoe North. Mar...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network April 19 2013The following was presented at the BWG Council by Kevin Holmes, of the Gateway to Simcoe Community Association. The Association has been fighting a rezoning proposal Agricultural “A” zone to a site-specif...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press April 18, 2013Simcoe County Council’s corporate services committee has voted 6-5 to reject a request from Midland for permission to carry out leaf collection for a two-week period in the fall.The request is expected ...

Information about waste bid kept from councillors leading up to vote By Nikki Million-Cole Midland Mirror April 17 2013 SIMCOE COUNTY – Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall wants to improve the way the County of Simcoe provides bid information to membe...

ByBrad Pritchard Alliston Herald April 17 2013 UTOPIA - A community’s longstanding dream of preserving an important part of their history is one big step closer to reality.The Friends of the Utopia Gristmill and Park recently learned they will be recei...

New Tecumseth Free Press April 16, 2013  The lawyer representing New Tecumseth told an Ontario Justice in Barrie this afternoon that it is in the best interests of the public for Angela Drainville's lawsuit to move swiftly to trial because a courtroom ...

AWARE Simcoe news release April 17 2013COLLINGWOOD – As spring arrives, AWARE SIMCOE celebrates the Niagara Escarpment with a public meeting to discuss the benefits conveyed by this world-recognized landform, and measures needed to ensure its preservat...

Letter from Keith and Ina Wood, Tiny TownshipTwo brave, heroic native women are occupying a cabin at Springwater Park. They are protesting the closure of the park by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in the hope that it can be turned into a lea...

Orillia Packet and Times April 15, 2013The next edition of the Orillia Museum of Art and History’s History Speakers’ Series will take place Wednesday at St. Paul’s United Church (assembly hall on the lower floor) at 62 Peter St. N. beginning at 7:30 p....