Annual General Meeting of the Midhurst Ratepayers AssociationTuesday February 19 at 7:00 pm Midhurst Community Centre, 74 Doran RoadThis is a critical time for Midhurst. Please come out to hear the “REAL DEAL” on the Midhurst Secondary Plan (MSP). You ...

By Edith Honan, Reuters February 14, 2013NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will propose a ban on Styrofoam, the substance commonly used for take-out food containers that is almost impossible to recycle.The mayor who has already targeted ...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner February 13, 2013ORO-MEDONTE - Residents of Oro-Medonte Township don't want anyone to pave paradise and put a hamburger spot.A pre-hearing of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) at the Oro-Medonte Township office was att...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network February 14 2013Council met to hear a proposal on policing from the OPP. There was an outstanding turnout from the community, the room was full of citizens. It appears that going with the OPP will provide some savings...

By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians February 13, 2013The Ottawa Citizen reports, “Highly radioactive nuclear reactor fuel rods are to be clandestinely shipped by road from Chalk River to the United States under a non-proliferation effort to rid the...

By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians  February 13th, 2013 Michael Harris writes in iPolitics today, “Good science is what saves us from disastrous policy and the astronomical costs associated with getting it wrong. After the Department of Fisheries ...

Delegation to speak to council ThursdayBy Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner February 13, 2013 SPRINGWATER TWP. - What supporters of Springwater Provincial Park want and what the County of Simcoe can deliver may be two different things.The 193-hectare park, ...

9.53% increase for township portion of tax bill By Michael Gennings Simcoe.com Feb 13, 2013 CLEARVIEW TOWNSHIP - Only about 25 people were on hand for the presentation of the Clearview Township 2013 draft budget last Monday night.Less than 10 individua...

By Maija Hoggett Simcoe.com Feb 12, 2013NEW TECUMSETH - After over a month of debating the details of New Tecumseth’s 2013 budget, council has approved a 6.38 per cent tax levy increase this year.While the package doesn’t include the much-debated fullt...

New Tecumseth Free Press February 11, 2013New Tecumseth councillors are 1-0 in fighting off allegations of improper in camera meetings, after the Town's Closed Meeting Investigator ruled that they "exercised reasonable discretion" in discussing propose...