Coun. Cathy Keane, top centre, speaks Wednesday, May 26, 2021, during an Oro-Medonte council meeting. | Screenshot From OrilliaMatters, July 8, 2022 By Greg McGrath-Goudie Many residents were shocked when Oro-Medonte fired its integrity commissioner la...

From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director Eastern Power is planning a new gas-fired power plant near Sarnia, something Ontario needs about as much as another pandemic.  Their plan to build a 600-megawatt gas-fired power plant nea...

Senior hydrologist Dave Hopkins (bottom row, right) of R.J. Burnside & Associates Ltd. recently provided Tiny Township council with an overview of accepted consulting recommendations for the Waverley Pit No. 2 permit to take water and Environmental...

Simcoe-Grey MPP Brian Saunderson is flanked by Secretary of the Cabinet Michelle DiEmanuele and Premier Doug Ford as he is sworn in as parliamentary assistant to the attorney general. – Province of Ontario photo From Simcoe.com, July 5, 2022 By J...

Wasaga Beach’s code of conduct for board members prevents their involvement in municipal election campaigns. From Simcoe.com, July 5, 2022 By Ian Adams Editor’s note: This story was updated from its original version on July 8, 2022 so that the Town of ...

Mathew Lund, 42, is running for mayor of Orillia. | Greg McGrath-Goudie/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, June 30, 2022 By Greg McGrath-Goudie An Orillia native and former federal Green party candidate has thrown his hat into the ring for the mayor’s...

| Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From OrilliaMatters, July 1, 2022 A Letter to the Editor This letter, about what Canada Day means in 2022, is from Gary Machan, a member of Just Recovery Simcoe. It is Canada Day 2022. This a time to celebrate the anniversary...

Shaelyn Wabegijig, who grew up in Rama, is one of seven youth suing the provincial government over its decision to weaken the province’s climate targets in 2018, a move they say violated their rights. From OrilliaMatters, July 2, 2022 By Morgan S...

The seven young people (pictured with Ecojustice staff) say the Doug Ford government in Ontario has threatened their fundamental rights. Photo via Ecojustice From MidlandToday, July 2, 2022 By Morgan Sharp The climate lawsuit Ontario’s Ford government ...

Local elder Jeff Monague is shown with his mentor, Merle Assance, Beedie Merleban. She continues to teach him even though she’s passed into the spirit world. From MidlandToday, July 4, 2022 By Jeff Monague One of my mentors growing up was the lat...