Letter to the Innisfil Scope March 30 2011 It seems there’s a lot of crap about garbage in Simcoe County. I’m writing in response to an article in the March 2 edition of The Scope, relating to user pay garbage collection. If this is what our newly elected officials are going to do for the...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Mar 29, 2011 BARRIE – Years of development freezes and inadequate housing construction could get moving again, with the help of the provincial development facilitator. Read more   Simcoe County news release ...

Like car repair the waste reality is 'pay me now or pay me later'News release from Zero Waste Simcoe March 28 2011Zero Waste Simcoe Board member Ray Millar doesn't think eco fees are a tax grab. "Looking at it that way its a laugh now, cry later scenario"....

News release from the Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure March 25 2011 Simcoe To Benefit From Sustainable Planned Growth McGuinty Government Directs Facilitator To Review Parts Of Proposed Amendment Ontario is helping ensure families in the Simcoe area enjoy strong communities and economic growth ove...

CORRECTED Comments made by O-M DM Ralph Hough were incorrectly attributed in an earlier version. AWARE Simcoe apologizes for the error.Golf courses win tax refunds; Shotyk to present to council By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 23 2011Simcoe County councillors expressed frustration yesterday at the ...

AWARE Simcoe March 23 2011 Elmvale has lost a fine and courageous citizen: Clara Anne Ritchie passed away peacefully at Hospice Simcoe in Barrie on March 21 2011, in her 67th year. Members of the Site 41 group and AWARE Simcoe will remember Clara for her quiet grace and steady reliability. We were lu...

Program will force residents to purchase tags for each garbage bag placed at curbside By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope March 16 2011 Negative reaction to the County of Simcoe’s plans to implement a user pay garbage collection system is the product of ‘twisted’ local media coverage, acc...

By Chris Simon  Innisfil Scope March 15 2011 Innisfil will be spending significantly less on the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority this year. The LSRCA has asked town council for $288,764 in funding for its 2011 budget, down from $407,661 in 2010. The town gave the conservation authority $145...

Putting Simcoe County on the map as Canada's first Research and Development "blue belt" Letter from Dr. William Shotyk, professor of Geochemistry at the University of Heidelberg to Simcoe County councillors, Deputy Clerk Brenda Clarke and CAO Mark Aitken March 14 2011Thanks very much for providing me...

Shotyk proposal for Site 41 gets positive responses from county committeeBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 15 2011Simcoe County councillors responded warmly last week to a presentation by Dr. William Shotyk of the University of Heidelberg for a water innovation centre of excellence at Site 41 in Tin...