Ontario’s Farm Leaders have issued an open letter to Doug Ford on the latest Sprawl Everywhere Bill 97 and proposed Provincial Planning Statement Posted on 18 May 2023. They are united in asking the Ontario government to take pause on its recently rele...

Orillia City Centre | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters file photo From OrilliaMatters, May 18, 2023 NEWS RELEASE CITY OF ORILLIA ************************* The City of Orillia is moving to the next step in its boundary review process to accommodate future g...

Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark speaks at the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association conference in Thunder Bay on Friday, April 26, 2019. (Matt Vis, tbnewswatch.com) From OrilliaMatters, May 18, 2023 By Jack Hauen EDITOR’S NOTE: ...

Joint Statement from Ontario’s Farm Leaders on Bill 97 and Proposed Provincial Planning Statement All of the farm organizations in Ontario have released an unprecedented joint statement against Bill 97 with a focus on the lot severance rules for agricu...

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons as he arrives Question Period, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, April 20, 2023. | Justin Tang/The Canadian Press From Midland...

Tanya Clark, far left, fundraising and engagement manager with the Couchiching Conservancy, enjoys a tour of the Morton property with, from left, Jane Bonsteel, Anne Barbour, Dorthea Hangaard, Quinlan MacDonald, Mark Bisset, Gord Ball, Carsten Wisch an...

Waste management was a concern raised at a recent Simcoe County council orientation session, which Penetanguishene Mayor Doug Rawson noted was visible in municipal parks, such as Rotary Champlain Wendat Park, where recycle and organic collection bins w...

The following Directors were elected to the AWARE Simcoe Board at the Sunday May 28, 2023 Annual General Meeting Ann Truyens at@iglide.net  AWARE O-M – 705-721-7898 Dianne Russell newvoyager0217@aol.com AWARE BWG – 905-775-9562 Don Morgan jmorg@sympati...

By Angela Bischoff, Director, Ontario Clean Air Alliance Ontario is officially getting gassier with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) announcing it is contracting for almost 600 megawatts of new gas-fired generation projects in the GTA...

Members of the Barrie-Huronia Rotary Club, Living Green Barrie and Pollinate Barrie recently planted “Trees for Bees” pollinator pods at Batteaux Park. – Living Green Barrie photo From Simcoe.com, May 15, 2023 By Chris Simon Barrie Ad...