New practices have helped the Town of Newmarket use 50 per cent less salt on its roads since the winter of 2017-18. The Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority says it’s working with municipalities but ...

winter fact and fancy; on foot and on snow-shoes around lake simcoe. walking from barrie to allandale, and what one finds there--something to be thankful for at christmas--an inexperienced man in ...

On Dec. 1, in the middle of a winter storm advisory, a boater out on Lake Simcoe called York Regional Police asking for help, Duty Insp. Dave Mitchell said. The boater, in a small craft, called police ...

Ontario’s Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe are popular for their summer cottages and beaches. Once the snow flies, however, they both attract outdoor winter enthusiasts with ice fishing, skiing ...

Fishing for sport is a popular local activity. Historically, it was also sometimes an income-generating occupation for local families. Lake Simcoe and Sturgeon Bay were once fishing hubs, and historic ...

Today's episode we're finally out on the ice fishing for those lovely winter perch. We've got the boatless angler with us today along with the rest of the Thundermist crew. We're out in Lake Simcoe on ...

Lake Simcoe salt levels show fivefold increase. Dugan points to Ontario's Lake Simcoe as example. In the 1970s, the large lake had a salt concentration of 10 micrograms of chloride per litre of water.

York Region police were warning people to stay away from rivers and lakes after a man trying to drive across the frozen Lake Simcoe plunged through thin ice. The man broke through the ice near ...