By Frank Matys Orillia Today April 12 2013A proposed treatment facility for contaminated soil will bring needed jobs and money to the township’s coffers, Ramara Mayor Bill Duffy says.“There will be a financial benefit to the township, it will be based ...

Barrie Examiner April 12, 2013 Motorists travelling on Highway 400 will soon benefit from major road and bridge improvements, announced today....

Upset by approvals process, Skyline mulls taking historic steamship elsewhereBy Nikki Million-Cole Midland Mirror April 12 2013TAY TOWNSHIP – Less than 10 months after its heralded return to Port McNicoll, the SS Keewatin could be moving....

By James Armstrong  Global News April 12 2013TORONTO – The Ontario government announced Friday it will be increasing GO Train service this summer.From June 29 to September 2, GO Transit will be operating eight more trains on the Barrie line and increas...

Barriers, asphalt to be upraded between Canal Road and IBRInnisfil Journal  April 12 2013More than $82 million will be pumped into Highway 400 improvements from the Canal Road to Innisfil Beach Road, York-Simcoe MP Peter Van Loan announced this morning...

Town of Penetanguishene April 11 2013Update on the Georgian Bay Mayors - Addressing the Low Water Levels in Georgian Bay  When -- Saturday April 13, 2013  10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Where -- Penetanguishene Memorial Community Centre - Brian Orser Hall --...

By Krystyn Tully Lake Ontario Waterkeeper April 11 2013 Hear that sound? That’s a collective murmur rippling across Toronto in the wake of airline executive Robert Deluce’s announcement that he wants to fill in more of Lake Ontario and bring jets to th...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press April 10, 2013Coun. Bob Jeffery says a lengthy Simcoe County staff report dealing with Midland’s request to carry out a fall leaf collection only confirms the need for Midland to become a separate city.“We won’t get ...

AWARE Simcoe April 10 2013The North Dufferin Agricultural Task Force has launched its Food and Water First website, and the first thing we all can do is go there and take the pledge! Here's what it says: I promise to protect Ontario's prime farmland an...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner April 9, 2013As the ice thins on the bay and farmers’ minds turn to seeding, a half dozen people rallied on Lakeshore Drive to protest against genetically modified alfalfa....