By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner Residents opposed to Simcoe County’s proposed organics processing and materials management facilities took their cause to public information sessions on Tuesday. The meetings were held at the Simcoe County Museum in Midhurst and provided residents and stakeholder...
Chiarelli population allocations of vital importance in plan for village to be turned into a city By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The stage is set for a hearing in May at which Simcoe County councillors will deal with applications from developers for an extra population allocation of 7,500 people ...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Today Barrie should be pitching in to help fund growth in Simcoe County, says Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith. As Simcoe County councilors took a first look at proposed updated development charges, Smith noted that almost 70 percent of the higher charges that new home buyers will...
from AWARE Essa From the distant past to the near future: Essa’s Trees through Time Ancient Forests of Massive Pines up to early 1800s Lumber Industry 1800s Reforestation Years 1900s What’s Next for the Trees of Essa? 2016… Can Essa’s Official Plan Protect our Trees? AWARE Essa invites you to j...
STOP more trees being destroyed in Beeton – again Petition from Beeton residents Dayfoot Street – has become a major thoroughfare in Beeton – it does need a sidewalk for a large part of the 1.5kms – most will agree . We will be getting sidewalk on the West side of the road – from […]...
By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner Barrie councillors could vote on banning corporate and union donations from local elections later this month. Mayor Jeff Lehman says he’d like to see it on the April 18 agenda. “I have always felt that campaign finance rules need to be tightened up, so I don’t nee...
By Roger Klein CTV News For years the City of Barrie has been working to redevelop the historic Allandale Station but construction work has taken a back seat to last minuet diplomacy. The train station was originally built in the early 1900s but the history of the land goes back much father. Archeolo...
By Andrew Philips Barrie Examiner COLLINGWOOD — The saga surrounding Collingwood’s controversial decision to sell half of its utility several years ago adds another chapter Thursday. As a mammoth freedom of information (FOI) report shines a steady spotlight on nearly year-long corresponde...
Marshall Green Green to exit private practice County role, for in-house senior legal counsel post New Tecumseth Free Press Online March 30, 2016 Marshall Green, long time solicitor for the County of Simcoe via his private practice at HGR Graham Partners LLP, announced this morning “effective Ap...
By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times The mayor of Oro-Medonte Township has launched a lawsuit against one of his constituents. Harry Hughes has taken an unnamed resident to court over claims made against the mayor in the comment section of the Orillia Packet & Times’ website. Th...
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