By Maija Hoggett Simcoe.com Aug 10, 2010ESSA – As the Barrie Agricultural Society works to secure its new home in Essa, the process has hit a hiccup. The province received two appeals to an amendment to Simcoe County’s official plan that wo...

By Juan Cole Informed CommentDon’t miss Elisabeth Rosenthal’s important and well-written piece at NYT on Portugal’s energy policy. With remarkable clarity given the potentially technical subject matter, she explains exactly how the Portuguese governmen...

By Richard Blanchard Innisfil Scope August 11 2010A Thornton area resident has entered the race for Essa Township’s deputy mayor seat. Shawn Bubel, who lives on the 11th Concession, will be facing off in this fall’s election against Sandie Macdonald, w...

Chris Carrier announces his candidacy; sends Helena Guergis a note By Morgan Ian Adams - QMI Agency - August 12 2010 COLLINGWOOD — Chris Carrier ended several weeks of speculation early Thursday, announcing he will seek the nomination to be the Conserv...

by Catherine Thompson Bayshore Broadcasting August 8 2010A relatively new citizen's group is planning another meeting in our area.Aware Simcoe will host a meeting at St. Mary's Church in Collingwood next Saturday, August 14th from 10 AM to Noon.At a re...

Letter to the Barrie Examiner - August 10 2010(Re: 'Recycling battle will create another Site 41' in the July 23 edition of the Examiner) This letter concerns me. In it, the writer attacks Stephen Ogden for stopping Site 41 and sending garbage to Oro- ...

SPRINGWATER TOWNSHIP – A portion of St. Vincent Street now has paved shoulders to improve safety for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. Mayor Tony Guergis said it’s part of ensuring that active transportation alternatives to the township&...

Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin – August 10 2010COLLINGWOOD — A grassroots organization of county residents will be holding a meeting at St. Mary’s Church Father Ellard Hall this Saturday. AWARE Simcoe (Action Watch Affecting Residents Ever...

To whom it may concern:Thank you for the opportunity to offer my opinion on the installation of large-scale and large acreage solar projects on agricultural lands.To begin with let me make it clear that I do not oppose solar energy and believe there is...

July 14, 2010I am opposed to solar panel farm installations on Classes 1, 2, 3, and 4 farmland in OntarioThere is such a small quantity of good productive farmland available to grow food in Ontario and farmers only have access to 13% of this private la...