December 2025 Archive

Flu outbreak at SMH declared over

By Brian Lockhart In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, Stevenson Memorial Hospital is announcing that the influenza outbreak on the hospital’s Medical ...

Building Up Simcoe County: Community blueprint for affordable housing, homelessness

By Brian Lockhart Simcoe County council has approved and released its new 10-year affordable housing and homelessness prevention strategy, titled “Building Up Simcoe County – ...

Don’t sweat the small stuff

By Brian Lockhart Years ago, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormons, ran a series of public service-type commercials ...

Strategy to stay out of jail

By Gwynne Dyer Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, has just asked the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, to “fully pardon” him of all three charges ...

Monthly Message: The price of convenience is too expensive for the environment

We pay more, think less, and live on auto-play. Convenience has become a way of life. From pre-cut vegetables to next-day delivery, society is creating ...

Simcoe County council approves over $1 billion budget for 2026

By Brian Lockhart Simcoe County council approved a $1.042 billion budget on Nov. 25, 2025. The budget was designed to maintain existing service levels while ...

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