Resort developer pours cash into Lake SimcoeBy Laurie Watt Barrie Advance June 28 2012 BIG BAY POINT — Geranium Corporation, which is developing the Friday Harbour landmark resort in Big Bay Point, has ledged $500,000 to the Lake Simcoe Conservation Fo...

Canadians kick off international coalition to fight new Internet restrictions proposed in TPP trade agreementNews release from OpenMedia June 27, 2012 OpenMedia.ca launched a campaign today, supported a by a group of organizations, to stand against the...

  New Tecumseth Free Press Online June 27, 2012Had it been approved on schedule back in 2008, Simcoe County's Official Plan (OP) would be nearing the five-year review period anyway. Plus, the new draft hardly resembles the one sent to Queen's Park for ...

Expert panel finds 12 per cent drop in bird populations since 1970The Canadian Press  Jun 27, 2012 A huge proportion of Canada's bird species are in serious decline, threatened by disappearing habitat and climate change, the first comprehensive report ...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner June 26, 2012One-armed bandits may be coming to a ski slope or beach near you.Mayors and township officials from Springwater, Wasaga Beach, Collingwood and Clearview have received an invitation to entertain the notion ...

By ROBIN MACLENNAN, Special to The Packet & Times June 27, 2012An organic waste processing plant will be built somewhere in Simcoe County and could be operating within five years, council decided Tuesday....

Farms and cities do not make good neighbours, dairy farmer tells councilBy Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner June 25, 2012SPRINGWATER TWP. - A spirited group of angry residents demanded answers at the Springwater Township meeting Monday night.Nearly 100 r...

Artists at their easels, area bus tour, live music await the public north of ShelburneNDACT news release June 25 2012Hornings Mills ON – For the second year, dozens of artists are gathering in Hornings Mills, north of Shelburne, to capture the landscap...

U.S. residents protest Bruce nuclear waste proposalBy John Spears Toronto Star June 26 2012It ought to be a tourist area’s dream: The Lake Huron shoreline north of Kincardine is gaining a reputation across the U.S.But the attention coming from states a...

Protest walk to stope the Deep Geological RepositoryBy Emma Lui Council of Canadians June 25th, 2012 More Sharing ServicesShare   Print Join Save Our Saugeen Shores (SOS) on June 30th, 2012 to protect the Great Lakes from nuclear dump sites!Join SOS fo...