New Tec considering department changesBy Brad Pritchard Barrie Advance Nov 06, 2012 NEW TECUMSETH - New Tecumseth CAO Terri Caron says a handful of department changes New Tecumseth council is set to approve will help the municipality "get the best bang...

By Andrew Philips Midland Mirror Nov 05, 2012  SIMCOE COUNTY – The time is nigh for County of Simcoe councillors to vote on combining the general tax and waste levies into one item on the tax bill. That’s the message from county CAO Mark Aitken as he a...

By Robin MacLennan Barrie Examiner November 5, 2012Cheaper waste collection costs will lessen the tax pain for Simcoe County residents, but how the savings will be shared is yet to be determined....

Wilmer Nadjiwon’s many battlesBy Stephen Bede Scharper Toronto Star November 4 2012“They were trees like these,” Wilmer Nadjiwon suddenly remembered one summer day several years ago, quietly carving a wood sculpture in his outdoor studio in Tobermory....

Concerned about water levels?Email invitation from Sierra Club Ontario November 4 2012 On Saturday November 10 Sierra Club Ontario’s Great Lakes Section invites you to join us at 9:30 am for coffee and discussion and then from 10am until noon for prese...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press November 1, 2012 Midland council has been asked to continue the practice of vacuuming leaves even though Simcoe County is scheduled to begin county-wide leaf collection in 2013.Currently, Midland residents can put le...

News release from Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority November 2 2012Enthusiastic volunteers helped the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) plant 1,400 trees along a half-kilometre stretch of Thornton Creek in the spring and fall of ...

HIGHLIGHTS of the NVCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING of Oct. 19, 2012News release from Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority November 3 2012UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH STUDENTS SELECT NVCA PROPOSALSThree research project proposals submitted by the NVCA were ...

Simcoe County holds public meeting about future of its largest forestby Jim Birchard Bayshore Broadcasting  November 3, 2012 A special meeting taking  isplace on Saturday to deal with the future of the largest forest in Simcoe County....

By Miriam King Bradford Times November 2, 2012  Preliminary discussion of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury’s 2013 Operating budget was to be “as informal as possible,” with Councillors hearing proposals from the departments, and ...