Letter to Simcoe.com January 18 2011I was dismayed and disappointed to find out Gord McKay, mayor of Midland, was not named to the County of Simcoe’s waste management committee. ...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Jan 18, 2011SIMCOE COUNTY - Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop discovered this week just how little new municipal councillors understand about Places to Grow. ...

Letter from Steven Kaasgaard 23 Skidoo January 15 2011Re: Smart growth - or outsmarted? (Toronto Star)Who are we kidding?Brampton, Bolton, Caledon, Halton, Alliston, Mississauga, Orangeville, Milton, Vaughn, Whitby, Markham, Aurora, Newmarket, Barrie etc...were all once former bastions of prime foodl...

Critics say province caved on Innisfil and BWG industrial zonesBy Phinjo Gombu Toronto Star January 14 2011Smart growth — or outsmarted?Ontario won international kudos four years ago for Places to Grow, a revolutionary scheme to curb urban sprawl. But it’s the nitty-gritty decisions made in places li...

No time to mess around on garbage issueBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe January 15 2010Simcoe County councillors, meeting in committee, have shaved a half percentage point off the 2011 cost to local taxpayers. The revised $355 million budget, comprising a 1.5 per cent levy increase compared to the 2 per ...

Province Pushing Leapfrog Development AWARE Simcoe note: this is part of a primer prepared by Council of Canadians, Earthroots and STORM (Save the Oak Ridges Moraine) Coalition on a proposed amendment to the Places to Grow legilation that will allow new development in a sensitive watershed in Simcoe ...

AWARE Simcoe January 10 2011The following is in response to requests from residents who have been unable to find the draft 2011 budget on the County of Simcoe website.Here's how: ...

AWARE Simcoe’s 2011 wish listCompiled by Kate Harries with contributions from Sandy Agnew, Mariane Cancilla, Don Morgan, Stephen Ogden, Nickolas Rowe, Ann Truyens and Keith WoodDear municipal councillorThis is AWARE Simcoe’s wish list for 2011 It’s all about process. Give us a level playing field, wi...

By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe January 5 2011The new crew at Simcoe County Council was elected to bring change – and today, with their first examination of a $355 million budget that includes a 2 per cent increase to the tax levy, they served notice that they’re eager to settle down to the task. But th...

Simcoe County councillors get gold watches!By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press December 29 2010The HST (harmonized sales tax) has been a disaster and it will be the thing that brings the Liberal government down in the 2011 election, says Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop. ...