Businessman displeased by town’s refusal to rezone Cranston Crescent property By Nicole Million Midland Mirror Dec 01, 2011  MIDLAND – A Midland businessman has filed an appeal with the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) over the town’s refusal to rezone a property on Cranston Crescent. Read more ...

By Laurie Watt Midland Mirror Dec 02, 2011 ELMVALE – Springwater Mayor Linda Collins was left reeling from the shock of hearing a blood-collection service – which was to start Thursday in Elmvale – has been indefinitely postponed. Read more ...

Group marches from Martyrs’ Shrine to town hall to deliver 4,000 letters By Nicole Million Midland Mirror Nov 30, 2011  More than 50 protesters braved the first real blast of winter Wednesday morning to bring their message of disapproval about a proposed recycling plant to Midland town hall. Read mor...

Opposition to proposed outdoor industrial waste site focus of Midland march News release November 30 2011  Unpleasant weather did little to dampen the spirits of walkers who trekked from the Martyrs’ Shrine to deliver over 4,000 letters of concern to Midland Town Hall. The letters were in oppos...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press November 25 2011  Town staff have been asked to look for more ways to cut spending so the over-all increase in the cost of running the town in 2012 is kept to two per cent. Read more ...

By Charles Lewis, National Post · Nov. 21, 2011 MIDLAND, ONT. . The tens of thousands of pilgrims who make their way to English Canada’s most visited Catholic shrine and holy site could soon have their sense of being on sacred ground shattered by the sound of trucks dumping industrial waste mat...

By Michael Swan The Catholic Register November 22 2011  Plans to put an outdoor, industrial recycling facility next door to the Martyrs’ Shrine have shocked the Jesuits and galvanized a campaign to protect the environmentally sensitive Wye Marsh.  Read more ...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press November 17 2011 Two of Huronia’s major tourist attractions are escalating their campaign to stop construction of a recycling facility on their doorstep. Read more ...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press October 28 2011 Midland council was challenged Monday to produce a 2012 budget with a zero increase. The challenge came from Roy Ellis, spokesman for a 200-member citizens group that says the town’s spending is outpacing its growth. Read more ...