Simcoe News

Many a battle over rural resources and farm development has been waged between rural neighbours in the past 15 years -- ranging from legal challenges surrounding hog barn constructions to the development of gravel pits beneath arable land.

Stepping from the porch and into the parlor of Dr. John Azar's home is like stepping into Lafayette as it was in the days before World War I. You'll be in a parlor, for a start.

The federal Cabinet wants to take control over collective bargaining at the CBC to rein in the cost of wages and pension plans for unionized employees, not out of a desire to interfere politically with the Crown corporation's independence as Canada's national public broadcaster, says government backbencher Ryan Leef.

Federal public servants in the media branches of more than two dozen government agencies and departments have used the term 'Harper Government' to announce federal funding, tax breaks, and a range of government handouts and projects in more than 500 news releases since last December.

Oshawa Accessibility Advisory Committee. Oshawa Accessibility Advisory Committee member, Cyndie Sproul, introduced an educational video that she did with the City of Oshawa about service animals in public places.

Christopher Cross , Orleans , Gary Wright and Firefall , among others, will take on the "Sail Rock 2013" tour, reminiscing with fans over hits from the late '70s and early '80s. The soft-rock trek will begin July 5 in Chautauqua, NY, and venture through 10 North American cities.

No, I don't mean yours truly, but more the throng of Members of Provincial Parliament who crowded around a flagpole in front of Queen's Park Monday morning to hoist the tricolor flag of the Netherlands, in honour of Dutch Heritage Month.

Early musical collaborator Glen Silverthorn remembers the moment Rick Danko began his journey toward membership in the Band, though his friend eventually had to make the switch from guitar to bass.

A draft streetscape plan for the downtown core was back up for discussion Monday night during a special Brock Township planning committee meeting at Beaverton Town Hall.

As Toronto's southernmost east/west thoroughfare prior to major infill efforts in the early part of the 20th century, it's not surprising that Front Street has been home to some of the city's most important buildings, at least a few of which remain to this day.

Perhaps the most influential newspaper in the United States, the New York Times, has published a story about newly-chosen Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau .