Editorial – Midland Mirror – July 14 2010MIDLAND – The County of Simcoe has set the bar pretty low by declaring a goal of 77 per cent waste diversion by the year 2030.Sure, the target seems ambitious compared to the current diversion figure of just 55 per cent, but some Ontario municipali...

By Kate Harries SDS41 July 26 2010Several hundred people gathered in the Perkinsfield Pavilion Saturday to look back on a tumultuous year of fighting Dump Site 41 and to celebrate victory – a series of victories. ...

By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe July 26 2010They came from all over Simcoe County - around 60 people who attended a meeting held in Coldwater on Saturday morning – and their foremost concern  was the amount of business councils conduct behind closed doors. ...

News release from AWARE Simcoe -- COLDWATER ON, JULY 24, 2010 -- Incumbent Simcoe County councillors have been spending like there’s no tomorrow – leaving a legacy of crushing debt in a period of projected declining revenues.In addition, a projected downgrading of the County’s current AA credit ratin...

By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press July 7 2010The chair of Zero Waste Simcoe –whose campaigns to reduce waste have helped spark a switch to cloth shopping bags -thinks Simcoe County should strive for greater waste diversion targets than those recommended last month by a consultant. Stantec Con...

Critic says strategy approved by council just isn’t good enoughBy John Edwards Simcoe.com July 6 2010 -- SIMCOE COUNTY – The County of Simcoe’s new waste-management strategy focuses on diversion, but another landfill site could begin operating in Clearview Township under the plan.The strategy, develo...

The following news release has been issued by Zero Waste SimcoeZWS Chair Gord McKay comments on final Simcoe Solid Waste Management Strategy reportOn Tuesday June 22nd, 2010 the Simcoe County Waste Strategy Steering Committee completed its work. The final document, prepared by Stantec Consulting Ltd,...

By IAN MCINROY Orillia Packet and Times July 3 2010Simcoe County's solid waste management strategy was passed by county councillors earlier this week. It will investigate short-and long-term approaches to handling waste over the next two decades, which will maximize waste diversion over the next 20 y...

Senior staff and past wardens' views touted to break 'logjam' among county councillorsBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe June 25 2010Should Simcoe County’s government be strong or weak?A consultant is startled to find that there’s no consensus on the issue among county councillors who met yesterday to stud...

AWARE Simcoe — Tomorrow (Thursday) at 7 p.m., there is a special meeting of county council to discuss a consultant’s report on governance. What is happening here is totally under the radar because there has been no media coverage of this issue, but it is very important. There is apparentl...