Local institute names ‘worst’ politicians of ‘09Wasaga SunWhat do Prime Minister Steven Harper, Springwater mayor Tony Guergis and Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai have in common?They all made the Creemore-based Mad River Institute for Political Stud...

By Richard Blanchard Innisfil Scope January 20 2010Essa Township’s deputy mayor, Terry Dowdall, has entered the race for mayor in this fall’s municipal election. Dowdall said he had registered to run for the position on Friday. “After two terms as depu...

By Kate Harries WaterWatchIn a letter to Simcoe County last November, Barrie MPP Aileen Carroll advised council to file a request with the Ministry of the Environment to revoke the Certificate of Approval for Dump Site 41.Today, at the urging of Oro-Me...

The subject of allowing testing by the County of Simcoe on on Wilson Road is on tonight’s Midland Council meeting agenda (Monday, January 25). The County has to test to determine the extent of a leachate plume extending from a closed landfill sit...

UPDATE: Warden agrees to place Ogden letter on agenda of Jan. 28 special meeting of councilELMVALE ON, January 25 – Simcoe County’s proposed consultation process for the waste management strategy it is going to adopt for the next 20 years is not good e...

by Phil Birchard 97.1 The Beach January 23, 2010 Simcoe County’s new warden is settling into his role nicely.Warden Cal Patterson was acclaimed just over a month ago, and he says it’s been an interesting experience so far.He says the job ha...

By WES KELLER Orangeville CitizenResponses from Dufferin’s local municipalities on the possibility f the county assuming waste management responsibilities has been “disappointing but predictable” says Shelburne Mayor Ed Crewson, chairman of the county ...

By Nicole Million Midland MirrorMIDLAND – An outspoken advocate for safe drinking water is concerned about a possible “plume of leachate” at the former Midland/Penetanguishene/Tiny landfill site on Golf Link Road.Steve Ogden – who has been front and ce...

Posted By RAYMOND BOWE Municipal elections are still nine months away, but several politicians have already filed the paperwork and hit the ground running. One of the more interesting races to watch could be Springwater Township. Mayor Tony Guergis, wh...

Several townships, including Oro-Medonte, were paying more than they should have been By NATHAN TAYLOR, Orillia Packet AND Times Oro-Medonte Township, along with other municipalities, has been overpaying the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (N...