Open letter to the Georgian Bay Community from Restore Our Waters International Recently the Georgian Bay Association (GBA) requested that Restore Our Water International (ROWI) participate in a mediation session with other organizations to arrive at a common position regarding what should be done a...
Waawase’ Aagaming Water Walk June 24-July 2 This walk is being held in the same spirit of the Mother Earth Water Walks that have taken place around the Great Lakes. It has been requested by Grandmother Josephine Mandamin of the Three Fires Lodge and founding Chief Commissioner of the Anishinab...
Barrie has sent a member of the governing party to Queen’s Park: Ann Hoggarth, a teacher an union activist, yesterday defeated incumbent Rod Jackson by more than 2,000 votes. No surprises in other local ridings, with Progressive Conservative incumbents Jim Wilson, Garfield Dunlop and Julia Munro head...
By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner Ann Hoggarth started late, but she finished strong. The Barrie Liberal candidate swept aside incumbent Progressive Conservative Rod Jackson in Thursday’s Ontario election, beating him by more than 2,000 votes, even as her party marched to an unexpected majority go...
The County of Simcoe will be holding public information sessions regarding the proposed Organics Processing Facility on Tuesday June 17 at the Simcoe County Museum from 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm. More information...
Internationally renowned author helps us celebrate rural living WHAT: Celebration of Rural Living with Margaret Atwood WHERE: Wrico Holsteins Farm, 2064 Russell Road, Midhurst WHEN: Sunday June 22, noon-3 pm Author Margaret Atwood will be the main speaker at a celebration of rural living at Rob Wrig...
By Kate Harries AWARE News Network MIDHURST – The public has been shut out of the process to approve Simcoe County’s Official Plan, the Ontario Municipal Board heard Monday in presentations from several citizens’ groups. The groups – AWARE Simcoe, the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture, Ontario ...
Rebuttal of Mayor Linda Collins’ comments on the Midhurst Secondary Plan By David Strachan – Midhurst resident Thank you, Madame Mayor, for your insight into the Township’s plans for growth in Midhurst. (Springwater News, May 8). I believe that you genuinely “would like to get it right’, ...
The following letter was sent to the Barrie Examiner. We at AWARE Simcoe feel compelled to defend the Midhurst Ratepayers’ Association from the unjust accusations in the letter from Cheryl Shindruk of Geranium Corporation and the Midhurst Landowners Group. First, the idea of characterizing the MRA as...
By Meade Helman Last night a proposal was introduced to council to rezone industrial / commercial land, to residential. Given the town’s push for industry, it doesn’t seem to be a smart move. The property is north of the Artesian commercial center and south and abutting Scanlon Creek Conservation Are...
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