By Kate Harries WaterWatchBarring any surprises, Simcoe County councillors appear to have come up with a solution to the public consultation concerns expressed in a letter to Warden Cal Patterson signed by 185 citizens.The citizens had objected to the ...

CITY COUNCIL: Ministry of the Environment approves remediation plan for brownfield site By TEVIAH MORO AND NATHAN TAYLOR, ORILLIA PACKET AND TIMES The city has won a major victory in its struggle to build a multi-use recreation facility (MURF). The Min...

By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope January 27 2010Big Bay Point Resort has taken a significant step forward.Town council unanimously passed bylaws that will allow preliminary work to begin on the 235-hectare resort, once specific site conditions have been m...

By Laurie Watt Midland Mirror MIDLAND – The Ministry of the Environment continues to defend a report that concludes there are sufficient upward gradients at Site 41 to act as a protective barrier in case the site should ever be a dump.Although Simcoe C...

By BOB BRUTON Barrie ExaminerResidents can have their say about a new Simcoe County waste management strategy in early February. County councillors heard a presentation on the process leading to a new strategy, by consultants Stantec, yesterday. The pl...

BARRIE – Next year, senior Barrie staff will have to be more honest and transparent in crafting the budget, a new council directive says.As city staff presented a $424-million budget that abided by a council instruction to keep the tax increase t...

By Laurie Watt Midland MirrorMIDHURST – Just to set the record straight, the $250,000 for a specialized communications firm isn’t for polishing the County of Simcoe’s tarnished image, say some councillors.It’s to increase communication – and, hopefully...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free PressWarden Cal Patterson has been urged to intervene to ensure that public meetings to deal with any county waste management strategy be “transparent, fair and objective.” The request comes on the heels of a c...

By SHARON WEATHERALL Midland Free Press The 2010 recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award (NAAA) for Environment and Natural Resources has dedicated his life to protect nature and encourages others to do the same. Activist Danny Beaton wi...

BY Matthew Talbot, Staff   January 26 2010ANGUS – Essa council is still seeking a solution to Angus’ seasonal flooding problems. In a budget working session Jan. 20, councillors heard two delegations from companies looking to study the prob...