Simcoe County advances Housing Faster project with new planning toolkit

July 23, 2026 · 0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart The County of Simcoe is taking a significant step to support accelerated delivery of affordable and attainable housing with the release of ...

Sir Frederick Banting Homestead & Heritage Park reopens

By Brian Lockhart Sir Frederick Banting was a Canadian medical scientist and physician. He is best known for co-discovering insulin in 1921 alongside his assistant ...

Veterans First program launched to end veteran homelessness

By Brian Lockhart The County of Simcoe and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) have launched Veterans First – a program to end veteran ...

Techie Nesters will host a second session for seniors in Alliston

By Brian Lockhart After a successful inaugural information session in Tottenham on July 11, Techie Nesters will host a second session in Alliston in August ...

Norcross exercises strong mayor powers to approve official plan amendment

By Brian Lockhart The Town of New Tecumseth’s Official Plan Amendment 5 (OPA 5) has been approved after Mayor Richard Norcross invoked strong mayor powers ...

Russell deCarle returning to Beeton for one-night performance

By Brian Lockhart You may remember Russell deCarle from his days as lead singer and bassist with the Prairie Oyster band. During his tenure with ...

New Tecumseth mayor calls for balanced growth across Alliston, Beeton, and Tottenham

By Brian Lockhart With the province announcing intentions for the Town of New Tecumseth to grow, there has been a lot of debate about where ...

Local cyclist to ride 500 km for SickKids Foundation

By Brian Lockhart For the second year in a row, New Tecumseth resident Vikram Bhangoo is taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge Canada, riding ...

Police renew appeal for information in Highway 90 hit and run

By Brian Lockhart It has been one year since a fatal fail-to-remain collision in Innisfil claimed the life of a 35-year-old woman from Richmond Hill, ...