Forest fires sometimes needed to maintain balance By CHERYL BROWNE Midland Free Press June 2 2011 In big red letters across the top of Mother Nature’s clipboard are the words forest fires with a red check mark beside them. After talking to forest and forest fire experts, it becomes clear that f...

Push is on to get apartment waste diverted By Royson James Toronto Star May 25 2011 So, you’re recycling like mad. You’ve become an expert garbage picker — to the point where the yucky job of piling organics in the green bin isn’t even repulsive anymore. Your blue box is four times as large as [&hell...

Tiny Township property could also include nature reserve, agricultural research area By Maija Hoggett Barrie Advance May 26 2011 TINY TOWNSHIP – A prominent scientist is proposing a water research and innovation centre for the land once pegged for Simcoe County’s garbage. William Shotyk told Simcoe C...

Some county councillors fearful that idea would detract from Georgian College plansBy Kate Harries - AWARE Simcoe - May 24, 2011The scientist who identified the unique quality of the groundwater in the Site 41 area made a pitch today to Simcoe County Council on his idea for a world-class water resear...

AWARE Simcoe May 20 2010As reported on this website last month, the user-pay plan for Simcoe County's waste collection has been put on hold, with only Tiny Mayor Ray Millar and Oro-Medonte Deputy Mayor Ralph Hough dissenting. However, a number of councillors were absent. For the record, here's the of...

So why do critics use that as an excuse to not even try?News release from Zero Waste Simce May 16 2010Zero Waste Simcoe co-founders Ray Millar and Gord McKay have heard the words…. 'I would like to change, but' ….  one too many times. That's why they decided to establish their local grassroots organi...

Warden says provincial official considers that county was “somewhat mistreated”By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe May 16 2011Warden Cal Patterson says he and senior county staff had an “excellent” meeting with Provincial Development Facilitator Paula Dill earlier this month.Dill has been appointed by Infra...

By Miriam King Bradford Times March 12 2011 A Class Environmental Assessment is currently underway, looking at the potential widening of Simcoe County Rd. 4 (Yonge St.) to 4 lanes, from the 8th Line of Bradford West Gwillimbury to Hwy. 89. The widening is being proposed to address growth and traffic ...

Open letter to Simcoe County council from Kelly Clune, Orillia May 5 2011The county must implement a fair, effective waste collection system — one that places financial responsibilities on the people and industries that generate the waste....

Warden had to ‘beg’ for quorum at budget meeting By Richard Blanchard Innisfil Scope May 4 2011 Some Simcoe County councillors could be facing punitive measures, if they don’t improve their attendance record at meetings. Bradford West Gwillimbury mayor Doug White said that he was highly disappointed ...