By Meade Helman AWARE BWG February 26 2013 A number of interesting issues came up at the last council meeting: 1.      Attendance: Once again Councillor Del Crake didn’t attend, he is still vacationing I was told when I asked. He hasn’t made council si...

The New Ontario Government Makes Great Lakes Protection a PriorityOntario gobernment News Release February 25, 2013Ontario is re-introducing legislation today that, if passed, would ensure cleaner and healthier Great Lakes that are protected for future...

Former Tory minister lost wrongful dismissal lawsuit, must pay defendants' costsCBC News  Feb 25, 2013An Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered former Conservative MP and minister Helena Guergis to pay $118,560 of the legal costs incurred by Prime Mi...

New Tecumseth Free Press February 25, 2013Last October, Simcoe County councillors rejected the idea of direct elections to the upper tier, couldn't agree to reduce the size and composition of council, frowned on the notion of a full-time Warden, but di...

AWARE Simcoe February 25 2013Until December, 2012, each and every Canadian had the right to travel on 40,000 lakes and 2.5 million rivers across the land. But last year we lost these ancient rights, born of a long history of travelling the waterways. T...

From Paul Fleming MRA - February 26 2013 On Feb. 19th over 140 people attended the Annual General Meeting at the Community Centre. The key concerns of the meeting were the impact of the Midhurst Secondary Plan (MSP) on Springwater taxes, environment an...

By ELIZABETH RENZETTI Globe and Mail Feb. 22 2013Freedom to Read Week begins on Feb. 24, bringing with it the perfect opportunity to kick the tires of democracy and make sure the old jalopy’s still running as she should.What’s that you say? The bumper ...

Wind Energy and the Planning Actby DIANNE SAXE on FEBRUARY 22, 2013 The new Premier has lost no time filling her promise to give municipalities back control over renewable energy projects. Bill 2, the very first new proposed law in the Wynne mandate, e...

By Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press  Feb. 20, 2013 OTTAWA -- When the Harper government included a radical overhaul of the Navigable Waters Protection Act in the last omnibus bill, outsiders scratched their heads and wondered out loud where that i...

AWARE Simcoe February 23 2013In A Fair Country, John Ralston Saul examined the centrality of aboriginal thinking to the Canadian identity. A groundbreaking book that rejected Canadian elites' reliance on Europe and the United States for political inspi...