By Douglas Glynn Barrie Examiner May 13 2010Simcoe County’s corporate services committee voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend to county council that the Ontario Ministry of the Environment be asked to revoke the certificate of approval for land...

By Kate Harries – Opinion – Bradford Times May 12 2010“It’s a done deal.”How often do we hear that, when a decision comes out of nowhere to dramatically change the way of life in our community? It’s a done deal, we hear, for the Holland Mar...

Phinjo Gombu Toronto Star May 12 2010A controversial Markham plan to become the first GTA municipality to freeze expansion on prime farmland to make way for a permanent food belt has been narrowly defeated after one last debate at council that ended la...

By Kate Harries WaterWatch May 2 2010The new player on the Simcoe County political scene is AWARE.AWARE stands for Action Watch Affecting Residents Everywhere. The name represents the need for citizens to be involved in local government snd understand ...

Letter to Springwater News January 21 2010 I follow with interest the developments at the County of Simcoe as it relates to its Waste Management Strategy.I am very suspicious in the fact that an outside agency Stantec is to develop a Strategy for Waste...

Barrie Examiner – May 7 2010 Incumbent Deputy Mayor Ralph Hough will have some competition for his job in Oro-Medonte Township in the upcoming election. But the veteran municipal politician is used to competition, which he said is “healthy....

By WES KELLER Orangeville Citizen May 6 2010Shelburne council is conditionally committed to sending the town’s household solid waste to the proposed gasification facility at Dufferin EcoEnergy Park (DEEP), but it’s difficult to know whether the council...

By Matthew Talbot Simcoe.com April 27 2010ANGUS – A Canadian Tire store for Angus that was until recently the subject of an Ontario Municipal Board appeal could achieve another stunted move forward. The development of the store has by turns stagg...

By Richard Blanchard Innisfil Scope April 21 2010A survey of the waste disposed by 100 households in Simcoe County has shown a big drop in the amount of garbage heading to local landfills, due to the introduction of an organics program. Environmental S...

Letter to Simcoe.com April 20 2010VICTORIA HARBOUR – Re: “Still not buying county’s Site 41 position,” The Mirror, April 15.The stepping down of Tony Guergis has made no difference in some Simcoe County councillors’ decisions. It seems they feel asking...