Simcoe News

Canada's Olympic Torch Relay will beat Santa Claus to Tillsonburg by a couple of days.

A group of United Steelworkers from Simcoe and Norfolk County in southwestern Ontario are scheduled to come to Mississauga today to protest outside the constituency office of Labour Minister Peter Fonseca.

" Ontario just doesn't understand, Simcoe County politicians say. They argue Queen's Park doesn't get the growth pressures local municipalities face as GTA residents retire to their cottages full time.

A Haldimand County man is facing numerous charges after an alleged forcible confinement incident in Hagersville on Monday.

" Mischief charges against two Tiny Township seniors involved in a summer protest at Site 41 were dropped Dec.

Authorities say a Canada Post employee was arrested after 75 filled-out passport applications collected by Human Resources Minister Diane Finley's office were allegedly stolen.

A 22-year-old Brantford man was found guilty last night of sexual assaulting an elderly woman during a home invasion in Green's Corners nearly three years ago.

Record high prices for gold coupled with tough economic times have people in the local area emptying their jewelry boxes onto the scrap gold market.

Nowhere else in Ontario is affordable housing harder to find, the Simcoe County Alliance to End Homelessness said yesterday.

Landscape paintings by renowned portrait artist Cyril Leeper are on display at the Coldwater Gallery until Dec.

Norfolk residents will be interviewed, measured and prodded in an effort to capture a snapshot of Canadians' health.

The Norwich Public Library is extending an offer to seniors to come out of the cold and into a warm and knowledge-filled atmosphere.

Simcoe County council approved a two-per-cent tax hike for 2010. Without a word of discussion at Tuesday's council meeting, county councillors approved a $517-million budget - an increase from last year's $417-million - that calls for $98 million in local taxes, and includes an ambitious $91-million capital program.

The Delhi Golf and Country Club was heating up this week, not only outside, but indoors as well.

Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop's private member's bill to revoke the certificate of approval for a landfill at Site 41 in Tiny Township passed second reading in the legislature last week.

It's not just that everything old is new again at Queen's Park. It's just that everything Dalton McGuinty and his Liberals once campaigned against is b-a-a-c-k. With a vengeance.

Alex Caine knows well the world of outlaw bikers. The retired criminal investigator spent years of his life infiltrating biker gangs and spilling their secrets to law enforcement.

Kara DioGuardi wants to hang out with Ellen DeGeneres before the new season of American Idol to get the judges working together comfortably.

Even though charitable donations were down across the country last year, Barrie organizations seem to be holding their own.

If only Mooretown had not invited Simcoe to their tournament, things may have went a little better for the host teams.