Barrie Examiner July 20 2012 MacLean Engineering and Marketing is coming to Barrie, taking 85,000 square feet of industrial space on Bayview Drive. The Collingwood-based mining equipment manufacturer is expanding its operations and setting up its inter...

Severn digs for info on solar farmsBy Kristen Smith, Orillia Packet & Times July 30, 2012SEVERN TOWNSHIP - The mayor of Severn Township wants to see proof two solar farms are not being built on prime farmland.Mike Burkett is asking to see soil studies ...

Report of Tiny Council Meeting July 30 2012By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny August 1 2012Deputy-Mayor Lawrence chaired the meeting. Mayor Millar was absent.Septage StudyR.J. Burnside & Associates presented a progress report on the issue. They are on phase 2 an...

By Brad Pritchard Barrie Advance Jul 27, 2012 ADJALA-TOSORONTIO – The County of Simcoe has backed down on its proposal to reduce Diversion Days hours in Adjala-Tosorontio to change it to a half-day event. The idea was proposed in a recent email s...

Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy isBy Bill McKibben, Rolling Stone 24 July 12If the pictures of those towering wildfires in Colorado haven't convinced you, or the size of your AC bill this ...

Email from Friends of NDACT July 24 2012This Saturday is the first annual “StoMp the Mega Quarry” Walk / Run / Bike / Watch event in and around Honeywood.  Join us to appreciate the beauty, bounty and community of the land at risk....

Daylong event includes celebrities, musical extravaganza, BBQ and marketplaceNews release from NDACT July 23’d 2012Honeywood, ON – The stars are coming out for this summer’s big event to raise funds and awareness about the proposed Highland mega quarry...

Ontario government news release July 24 2012Ontario is launching a new initiative to help communities protect their part of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund provides grants to community groups for grassroots activities such as c...

Email from Jack Gibbon, North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance July 24 2012 I see that the AWARE Simcoe web site has posted the Town of Georgina’s very misleading July 19th press release re: Maple Lakes Estates and Metrus’s decision to withdraw its request ...

AWARE Simcoe July 24 2012  MP Kellie Leitch will host a Town Hall meeting from 11 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday July 28. The town hall meeting will take place in the banquet room of the Angus Recreation Centre (Essa Township Recreation Centre) 8529 County...