Opinion

Editor: Welly, well, well, well. Aren’t we in a bit of a fix here in North America. It seems that our sense of entitlement has got us into some escalating COVID-19 numbers. I mean really? What did any of us expect when we thought it was our prerogative to get together over the holiday season? [...]

Editor: Thank you, Tony Fry, for your comments regarding the need to engage young people In the Vision for Creemore project currently underway. The Foundation and the steering committee welcome everyone’s involvement and especially teens and younger adults who will bring their own perspective [...]

Here we are another month into winter with no skating rink in sight. The arena is closed because of the pandemic, It doesn’t seem cold enough to make an outdoor rink and even the river is refusing to freeze over. Last month I left you with the bad news that the old arena on Mill […]

Editor: Having moved into town from a house in the woods, Creemore presents me with new sounds. • Bob Ransier’s train whistle invoked the town’s railway past (I wish it were still here!) • Every morning we hear the shuffle of generally reluctant feet heading to school at the end of the street [...]

Editor: Christmas Eve, heading to a Christmas Day like no other we have known.  Last year our family Christmas Dinner had 38 people who drove many miles to get there: this year a tenth of that number all living under the same roof.  It’s made me think of other Christmases-the year both my [...]

Yes, 2020 sucked. To this year we say, don’t get a paper cut as we flip the page on the calendar. Good riddance and all that. Although it’s safe to say we are hoping for a little predictability in 2021, we can’t help but see how Creemore has real potential to emerge from the pandemic, […]

Friends and fellow elves: Seasons Greetings! It took a while, but it is starting to look and feel a lot more like Christmas. I am sorry to say that this year the Creemore Community Christmas Dinner is cancelled as the government’s pandemic response continues to tighten. While I write this and [...]

If you’re anything like me, January makes you feeling all purgey – that’s a new word I just invented. It means wanting to get rid of all the cluttery stuff in your house as quickly as possible. With the December rush now finished, we’re heading into January with a similar mindset. Less buying [...]

Editor: Finally, a hearing date of Feb. 24, has been set for a pre-conference hearing to jointly hear both the Clearview Niagara Escarpment Plan (NEP) amendment, required if the reconstruction of Clearview Sideroad 26/27 is to go forward, and Clearview Road 91, formerly Simcoe Country Road 91, [...]

Dear Money Lady, I just started my career, but I’ve been feeling like maybe working for a big corporation wasn’t the right choice for me. At the same time, I’m also scared about going out on my own and becoming an entrepreneur. I’ve read so many statistics about how most entrepreneurs fail [...]