King Weekly Sentinel October 17 2012  Ontario taxpayers and consumers will be paying significantly more, up to 15% more in some cases, for roads, sewers, water systems, public transit and other infrastructure because of the rising costs associated with...

Local companies lose bus contractBy Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Oct 25, 2012 SIMCOE COUNTY - A provincial tendering process is throwing long-time local school bus companies under the bus, says Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop....

By Mark Pavilions King Weekly Sentinel October 17 2012There’s a Chinese saying that notes every grain of rice was the result of the hard work of farmers, so they shouldn’t be wasted....

By Nikki Million-Cole Midland Mirror Oct 24, 2012  MIDLAND – The founder of the Midland Farmers and Artisans Market is wondering why, after four successful years, some members of council are still questioning the market’s credibility. Adriana Strimaiti...

AWARE Simcoe October 25 2012Canada is a land of lakes and rivers, and the right to use those waters has been protected since 1882 under the Navigable Waters Protection Act. The Harper Conservatives are ending that protection for tens of thousands of ou...

Project seeks researchersBy Beth Leblanc Port Huron Times Herald Oct 22, 2012 An international research project will examine the factors affecting the Great Lakes Basin during the past 50 years — and make predictions about the next 50....

By George Powell The Watershed News Fall/Winter 2012On June 18, 2012, the Consolidated Hearings Board (CHB) approved Walker’s application for expansion of their quarry near Duntroon. ...

By Tim Alamenciak Toronto Star October 21 2012 Some came with bowls. Some came with mugs. They came in the thousands to Woodbine Park for Soupstock — a massive culinary protest targeting the Melancthon Township mega-quarry....

By Sandy Agnew and Kate Harries AWARE News Network October 21 2012At a special meeting of County Council on October 16, 2012, councillors discussed three recommendations from the Governance Committee....

Said to have sights set on wardenship in 2014By Kate Harries AWARE News Network October 20 2012Simcoe County’s most pro-development mayor is soliciting support from his fellow county councillors in a bid to wrest the deputy-wardenship from Oro-Medonte ...