Millar asks why provincial Tory leader Hudak was also invitedBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 14 2011Three area Tory MPPs – Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North), Jim Wilson (Simcoe Grey) and Julia Munro (York Simcoe) - have accepted an invitation from Warden Cal Patterson to “share with Council their pla...

Megaquarry: 'Stay out of our neighbour's business' By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 13 2011Concerned about user-pay for curbside garbage bags? Opposed to clear plastic bags? Interested in why the county wants to end heavy garbage pickup?You might wish to attend a special workshop on the county's wa...

News release from Zero Waste Simcoe April 11 2011 Citizens have been lead to believe that our responsibility is simply to keep paying the taxesZero Waste Simcoe Board Chair Gord McKay is concerned about the perception in Ontario that garbage is inevitable, so our taxes should be used for processing i...

New Tecumseth Free Press Online April 7, 2011 Simcoe County’s Solid Waste Management Strategy (SWMS), the guiding force of pending changes to residential garbage collection and disposal, including the prospect of paying weekly for curbside pick-up, is focused now on “short term approaches...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press April 7 2011 The mayors of North Simcoe’s four municipalities have agreed to work together to attract businesses to the area. Read more ...

CBC News Apr 6, 2011  The regional landfill servicing Windsor, Ont., and the surrounding county municipalities will stop accepting garbage from Toronto once its current contract runs out in September — a decision made Tuesday night by the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority. Read more...

Concerns over user-pay trash By Miriam King March 31 2011 In an update presented to Innisfil Council on March 16, Simcoe County CAO Mark Aiken touched on waste management, and the County’s plan to go to full “user pay” for trash in 2012 – charging $2 for every bag of garbage. ...

AWARE Simcoe April 1 2011Thirty Simcoe County employees made Ontario's "sunshine" list of public employees making over $100,000 a year. One, CAO Mark Aitken, clocks in at $205, 227.21 with $1,123.92 in taxable benefits. There has been pressure on the government to raise the $100,000 minimum it takes ...

By Maija Hoggett Simcoe.com Mar 31, 2011SIMCOE COUNTY – Mixed messages from Simcoe County on user-pay garbage tags and the general direction of the county’s waste management strategy aren’t sitting well with some county councillors....

Environmentalists See Potential in McGuinty Government Review of Simcoe Growth Plan News release from Environmental Defence March 30 2011      Toronto, ON – Environmental groups around Lake Simcoe are cautiously optimistic about the McGuinty government's decision to refer future population and employ...