Midhurst, ON – Two local organizations engaged in a planning process to help Simcoe County prepare for future growth, the Municipal Comprehensive Review, believe that key pieces of information and analysis need to be included to ensure this process benefits existing communities, local watershed...
What is a Sustainable Population for Simcoe County? Open to all youth and students living or attending classes in Simcoe County, Barrie and Orillia. Two Categories; Secondary School students and Postsecondary students. Also open to non-students up to 25 years old. Prizes for Each Category: First priz...
Dr. Ian Clark of the University of Ottawa was at the Elmvale water kiosk on Saturday October 2, leading a group of graduate students who collected samples for their studies of the water, which has tested as the purest known to science. The visit was a pleasant surprise for campaigners who were at the...
Photo by The Lazy Artist Gallery from Pexels From BarrieToday, October 2, 2021 By Jessica Owen Not including cities of Barrie and Orillia, locations poised to handle most of the growth by 2051 are Alcona, Alliston, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Collingwood, and Penetanguishene/Midland Between now and 20...
This October, the County and its MCR consultants will be hosting public information sessions on the following technical components of the County’s Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR): Growth Management and the Land Needs Assessment, Provincial Natural Heritage System Mapping Refinement, Provin...
By Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director, Lake Simcoe Coalition Growth planning MATTERS: Join a free webinar this Friday at 1 PM! All around Lake Simcoe, huge development decisions are being made. Make no mistake, this is the issue that will most affect the lake’s health. The problem is that t...
Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Sometimes spending just a few minutes on a thing can have huge impacts far into the future. For Simcoe County now is such a time. Sign The Petition For Better Communities The Details One of the key issues from the past federal election was action on climate change. B...
At a recent ceremony, the County of Simcoe received national honours by being recognized as the Forest Capital of Canada for 2022 by the Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF). From left, Brad Epp, Vice President, of CIF; County of Simcoe Deputy Warden Lynn Dollin; Doug Reid, 2nd Vice President, CIF; R...
Four of Simcoe North’s candidates attended Friday’s protest outside Teedon Pit in Tiny Township. (From left to right): Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux (Liberal Party of Canada), Janet-Lynne Durnford (New Democratic Party of Canada), Krystal Brooks (Green Party of Canada), and Stephen Makk (Peopl...
Edwin Espinal, Karen Spring, and Raul Alvarez celebrate after the two men were cleared of the trumped-up charges against them. From Barrie Today, September 18, 2021 By Erika Engel Edwin Espinal and Raul Alvarez are free. It’s been a dream for so long, a hope that waxed and waned as they languished in...
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