Downer fires back after jab about his leadership skillsBy Nicole Million Midland Mirror May 12 2010MIDLAND – Gord McKay has come out swinging in his bid for mayor.McKay, a Midland councillor for the past four years, threw down the gauntlet by calling o...

From Lake Ontario Waterkeeper — May 25 2010– Environment Canada has proposed the enactment of a Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulation to address the ongoing and serious problems caused by sewage pollution in Canadian waters. The most signi...

Bruce Power officials outline plan to move low-level radioactive steam generators through city harbour By Denis Langlois Owen Sound Sun Times July 14 2010Mayor Ruth Lovell Stanners is dead against a plan by Bruce Power to load 16 low-level radioactive ...

Comments in Toronto Star "the consumer is none the wiser” are a setback for all who rely upon public trustZero Waste Simcoe Chair Gord McKay has contacted  Gemma Zecchini, CEO of Ontario's Stewardship Ontario program regarding her comments in this news...

By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope July 14 2010Three more experienced politicians will be seeking votes in the upcoming municipal election.Current town councillors Rod Boynton and Lynn Dollin will be running for Ward 4 and 7 seats respectively, after offici...

By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press July 14 2010A grass roots organization -spawned by the 2009 battle against dump Site 41 -is mobilizing people across Simcoe County in an effort to challenge the political status quo, especially the 32 mayors and depu...

AWARE Simcoe July 14 2010 Most councils are holding their final meetings before going on a summer break that includes the Civic Holiday and the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) convention being held this year in Windsor on August 1...

CBC News July 12, 2010 Green bin material from other cities may be shipped to Ottawa. (CBC) The temporary closure of an organics recycling plant in southwestern Ontario could have an impact on Ottawa.Orgaworld has voluntarily shut down operations at it...

Treating Lake Simcoe “like a toilet bowl”By Brett Popplewell Toronto Star July 11 2010The Bruce Nuclear Generating Station plans to ship 1,760 tonnes of radiation-laced steel through Lake Ontario — a precedent-setting project that has offic...

Province hopes to quell ‘strategic lawsuits against public participation,’ but devil may be in the detailsBy Jeffrey Grey Globe and Mail July 6 2010It was perhaps the most down-and-dirty development fight in Ontario’s recent memory: An eight-year battl...