By Laurie Watt Barrie Today Barrie should be pitching in to help fund growth in Simcoe County, says Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith. As Simcoe County councilors took a first look at proposed updated development charges, Smith noted that almost 70 percent of the higher charges that new home buyers will...
from AWARE Essa From the distant past to the near future: Essa’s Trees through Time Ancient Forests of Massive Pines up to early 1800s Lumber Industry 1800s Reforestation Years 1900s What’s Next for the Trees of Essa? 2016… Can Essa’s Official Plan Protect our Trees? AWARE Essa invites you to j...
By Lorraine Chow EcoWatch The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its first-ever analysis on the effects of three common pesticides—chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion—on endangered and threatened species and designated critical habitat nationwide. The resounding conclusion? Pest...
STOP more trees being destroyed in Beeton – again Petition from Beeton residents Dayfoot Street – has become a major thoroughfare in Beeton – it does need a sidewalk for a large part of the 1.5kms – most will agree . We will be getting sidewalk on the West side of the road – from […]...
from Angela Bischoff Ontario Clean Air Alliance On Wednesday Ontario’s Opposition Leader, Patrick Brown, asked Premier Wynne to call a Commission of Inquiry into her Government’s political fundraising practices. According to Mr. Brown, “The people of Ontario need to know if government contracts and g...
By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner Barrie councillors could vote on banning corporate and union donations from local elections later this month. Mayor Jeff Lehman says he’d like to see it on the April 18 agenda. “I have always felt that campaign finance rules need to be tightened up, so I don’t nee...
By Roger Klein CTV News For years the City of Barrie has been working to redevelop the historic Allandale Station but construction work has taken a back seat to last minuet diplomacy. The train station was originally built in the early 1900s but the history of the land goes back much father. Archeolo...
If you can’t vote, you shouldn’t influence the vote, says group’s co-founder News release from Campaign Fairness Today the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing announced their intention to change the Municipal Elections Act to allow municipalities to ban corporate and u...
By Andrew Philips Barrie Examiner COLLINGWOOD — The saga surrounding Collingwood’s controversial decision to sell half of its utility several years ago adds another chapter Thursday. As a mammoth freedom of information (FOI) report shines a steady spotlight on nearly year-long corresponde...
Marshall Green Green to exit private practice County role, for in-house senior legal counsel post New Tecumseth Free Press Online March 30, 2016 Marshall Green, long time solicitor for the County of Simcoe via his private practice at HGR Graham Partners LLP, announced this morning “effective Ap...
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