The final Lake Simcoe Protection Plan, released today, is the first of its kind in Ontario to address environmental protection of a watershed. Drawing on expert advice from scientists, the plan sets a ...

Rick Laprairie holds a digital copy of the 1678 map documenting 'Tarontos Lac,' now Lake Simcoe. The original map is actually four-times the size of the digital copy, and is kept at the French ...

More than 30 Lake Simcoe area residents and organizations were honoured for contributions to the watershed in Newmarket Nov. 3. The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority hosted its annual ...

Gayle Wood retrieves a map and proudly outlines the mass of watershed the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, which encompasses Innisfil and Barrie, is entrusted to protect and restore. Maps ...

YORK REGION, ON, Nov. 12, 2020 /CNW/ - Lake Simcoe is the largest inland lake in southern Ontario outside of the Great Lakes. The watershed is home to more than 435,000 people. Clean water is ...

The Lake Simcoe Protection Act and the draft Lake Simcoe Protection Plan raise the bar for environmental protection of a watershed in ways that Ontario has never done before. Building on Ontario's ...

Significant rainfall is forecast for Tuesday in portions of the Lake Simcoe watershed, with predicted rainfall accumulations of 30 to 50 millimetres. Higher amounts of rainfall may occur in ...

Flooding in low-lying areas is possible amid heavy rain that is predicted for the Lake Simcoe watershed, according to the local conservation authority. SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT. In the news.

The Ladies of the Lake, a force of about 100 women residents of the Simcoe watershed, are using the $250,000 they raised from the sale of a calendar featuring their tastefully denuded selves to ...

UXBRIDGE — The CAO of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, Gayle Wood, is retiring. Ms. Wood has spent nearly two decades at the helm of the organization that is charged with bringing Lake ...

The federal government is pitching in $16 million towards constructing a storm water treatment facility in York Region to protect Lake Simcoe.