Single-use packaging an increasing contributor to ocean pollution – only 14 per cent is recycled From As You Sow SAN FRANCISCO, CA – While plastic packaging is the fastest growing form of packaging in the U.S. in large part due to the popularity of fast food and consumer beverages, only ...
By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times Some Simcoe County municipal leaders are upset by what they see as a less-than-transparent process regarding work on the county’s official plan. Springwater Township Mayor Bill French said he’s worried the general public isn’t fully engaged in the process....
By Sandy Agnew AWARE News Network We saw a refreshing change of attitude at County Council’s Jan. 27 meeting toward the Ontario Municipal Board hearings into the Simcoe County Official Plan (SCOP). In response to a staff report intended to be received only (not discussed) Springwater Mayor Bill...
Simcoe County news release Simcoe County Council today approved a $432-million budget for 2015, which focuses on major capital expenditures, including County roads and related infrastructure, housing, and facilities. The 2015 budget ensures the County remains on a path of long-term fiscal stability,...
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin (STAFF) — Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Glen R. Murray has presented the County of Simcoe with an award for Environmental Excellence to acknowledge the Learning & Living Green partnership program between the county and local school boards. This pr...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online Simcoe County council’s direction to its senior staff to keep the 2015 levy increase to one per cent over last year, has resulted in $1.389 million worth of adjustments to the draft. The impact will lower the previously projected two per cent average property t...
Ontario’s 1st Zero Waste Conference was held at Orillia’s Lakehead University last summer. One of the outcomes from the Conference was a list of action items that attendees requested be forwarded to the province to encourage policy changes that will help reduce waste in Ontario. Gord Joy...
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