By CAL PATTERSON – WARDEN’S COLUMN Barrie Examiner Feb 24 2011 Simcoe County Council approved the 2011 operating budget recently, another step along the road to long-term fiscal responsibility. One only needs to consider the budget, now topping $408 million, in order to understand the siz...

Editorial Barrie Examiner February 23 2011 Who can blame the mayor of Oro-Medonte for voicing frustration over the slow implementation of the provincial plan for county growth? Harry Hughes, perhaps echoing the concerns of other civic leaders in Simcoe County, is flummoxed that the Ontario government...

By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe February 23 2011The new county council has decided to shift the cost of collection and disposal of garbage to a user-pay system, to be implemented in July 2012. The plan will require residents to affix a garbage tag to every bag put out on the curb, replacing the present ...

By Morgan Ian Adams, Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin February 22 2011Simcoe County wants you to pay for your trash.Starting next summer, county residents will be expected to pay for every bag of garbage they put to the curb."It will be a cost-effective method for controlling garbage," said Collingwoo...

AWARE Simcoe has accountability & transparency questions for councillors attendingAWARE Simcoe news release - February 22 2011The annual Good Roads conference is coming up this weekend, and for those Simcoe County councillors attending, there’s an extra goody in their conference package.Councillors, ...

Public meeting envisions savings from merger of police, fire and other departmentsBy Nicole Million Midland Mirror Feb 18, 2011NORTH SIMCOE – Synergy emerged as a theme last week during the second of three public meetings to discuss the possibility of Midland and Penetanguishene as a joint urban node...

By MIRIAM KING, QMI AGENCY Feb 9 2011INNISFIL -- Innisfil wants Alcona to be an "urban node."During a recent special meeting, councillors approved the town's comments on the province's growth plan amendment for the Simcoe region, a change that further cuts back Innisfil's expected growth, and sets li...

By Richard Blanchard Newtectimes.com January 19 2011A proposal that Simcoe county tender its waste collection contract for the entire county for a seven year term may not be in the best interests of county residents according to at least one member of Adjala-Tosorontio council....

Former owner poorly treatedLetter to Midland Mirror February 14 2011MIDLAND – Just recently, I read a letter from Warden Cal Patterson about the final disposition of Site 41. lt states that the site has been turned over to the county’s procurement, fleet and property department. As per council’s dire...

Simcoe County ranked second in waste diversion in the provinceBy Doug Glynn Barrie Examiner - February 10 2011Two founding members of Zero Waste Simcoe have welcomed reports  that Simcoe County has been ranked second in waste diversion among 217 Ontario municipalities.Gordon McKay and Ray Millar cred...