Trina Berlo Wasaga Beach December 15 2009As Simcoe County’s new warden, Wasaga Beach Mayor Cal Patterson will see the county flag fly at town hall and his municipal flag will fly at the county administration centre in Midhurst.Wasaga Beach’s flag will fly at the County of Simcoe’s a...

By Douglas Glynn Barrie ExaminerSimcoe County is going to court to challenge an order of Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. The county is seeking a judicial review of an IPC order directing it to “immediately take all steps, including legal proceedings if necessary” to ...

By Bruce Hain Barrie AdvanceINNISFIL – Mayor Brian Jackson isn’t too pleased with comments published in last weekend’s Toronto Star by Victor Doyle, an architect of the Greenbelt Plan whose goal is to moderate and regulate development in the Greater Toronto area.Doyle is highly critical of the ...

By Travis Mealing Midland MirrorMIDLAND – The County of Simcoe is seeking a judicial review of an Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) of Ontario directive that officials in Midhurst insist cannot be obeyed.The directive requires the county to take any steps necessary, including a lawsuit, to o...

By Laurie Watt Barrie AdvanceSIMCOE COUNTY – Simcoe County is seeking a judicial review of an Information and Privacy Commissioner order to force a consultant to release a controversial Site 41 report.The IPC ordered the county Aug. 21 to “take all steps, including legal proceedings if necessar...

By Kate Harries WaterWatchBinoculars or blinkers? That seemed to be the choice on the agenda of the waste management strategy steering committee as vice chair Gord McKay pushed for a new perspective to guide the deliberations of this advisory group for the next five months.McKay, a Midland councillor...

By Laurie Watt Collingwood ConnectionSimcoe County’s top politicians got tips on how to deal with media Tuesday as part of a $250,000 contract with an international public relations firm. The county hosted three sessions for county leaders: one for the county’s committee chairmen, another...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free PressThe Information and Privacy Commissioner’s office has taken its toughest stance yet over Simcoe County’s failure to obey an IPC order to obtain information from a consultant. In the latest move, IPC adjudicator Colin Bhattacharjee wrote Graham Wilson �...

The following new release was issued by the SDS41 groupELMVALE – The County of Simcoe’s support of multinational waste company Genivar in refusing to release the Dump Site 41 calibrated computer model (MODFLOW) sets a dangerous precedent, says Tiny Township resident Stephen Ogden.Ogden filed a Freedo...

Barrie Advance Editorial As Site 41 ‘phantoms’ flutter in Dickensian fashion befitting the season, regional councillors look to a fresh face in a bid to foster a new era of trust and co-operation.With eyes firmly fixed on October 2010 and the next municipal vote, council has passed the gavel to Wasag...