BACK OFFWhy some farmers and townships are fed up with their conservation authoritiesBy Patrick Meagher Eastern Ontario Farmers Forum February 2010FINCH — All the man wanted to do was spread soil over his back yard to eliminate the slope and level if o...

On CA review sub-committeeNew Tecumseth Free Press Online April 13, 2010 New Tecumseth Ward 4 councillor Dennis Egan last night questioned why the mayor of Essa Township and Oro Medonte were appointed to a Simcoe County council sub-committee that will ...

By Nicole Million Midland Mirror April 7 2010SIMCOE COUNTY – Members of the Stop Dump Site 41 group are outraged after discovering the County of Simcoe has apparently spent nearly a quarter-million dollars fighting the release of the calibrated compute...

As a quick fix for waste issues, burning can do more harm than goodBy Catherine Porter Toronto Star April 4 2010DETROIT —Just off the city’s main strip, beyond a row of decaying car plants, a parade of dump trucks rumbles into a sprawling grey and red ...

The first Spring into Action meeting is being held Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Barrie Methodist Church, 284 Cundles Rd. East, Barrie. (Entrance to meeting is at the back of the church} A continental breakfast with home baked goo...

Lots of capital projects on the table thoughBY Matthew Talbot Alliston Herald March 15, 2010 ESSA – The Township of Essa approved a one-per-cent tax increase at its committee of the whole meeting March 3 and ratified the budget in council. The in...

By Michael Gennings Stayner SunSTAYNER – The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) passed its 2010 budget recently, causing Clearview Township’s annual contribution to decrease 4.31 per cent.That means the municipality will pony up $10...

NDP alleges new law benefits Barrie investors who attended fundraiserBy Rob Ferguson Toronto StarQueen’s Park Bureau New Democrats charge that Barrie-area developers who attended a $5,000-a-plate fundraiser for Premier Dalton McGuinty got a lucra...

Toronto – The Council of Canadians is deeply concerned with the McGuinty government’s support for policies that put water in Ontario and abroad at risk, following today’s Throne Speech and is questioning whether the Premier is actually committed to pro...

End of legislature session kills bill to withdraw approvalBy Gail Swainson Toronto StarOpponents of a controversial garbage dump north of Barrie are warning that Premier Dalton McGuinty’s prorogation of the legislature — which killed a private member’s...