Editor: Re: Editorial, “Reclaim the word female”, Jan. 11 edition, pg. 4. Good day to all. Sixteen-year-old female student Yael here, writing to you from the kitchen. I felt it was necessary to introduce myself as such since the name I was given isn’t really clear as to being feminine or [...]
Editor: It’s Tony Fry. Remember me, the guy who used to run RAY’s PLACE? The purpose of this note is to let you know that there will be a very important meeting this coming Sunday, Jan. 20 at the Station on the Green at 2 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the […]
Did you know a proposed new piece of provincial legislation will enable municipal governments to give approval to industrial developments employing 50 or 100 people right next door to you without any prior notice to you and leave you without any right of appeal? Imagine having some industrial [...]
Newsweek recently tweeted the headline, “Donald Trump branded a motherf***er for second time in three days, this time by Canada’s first woman prime minister.” The story was about comments made by Kim Campbell. As packed as that headline is, the take-away shouldn’t have been the use of woman [...]
It is unfair of the provincial government to ask municipalities to make a decision on cannabis retail without having all the facts. When recreational cannabis was in the process of being legalized by the federal government, there were to be no caps on licensing but now the provincial [...]
What do you get when you mix Charles Dickens with a helping of John Irving and a dash of Gabriel García Márquez? Well, you might get Songs for the Cold of Heart, an epic novel that tells the story of the Quebec-based Lamontagne family. Written by Eric Dupont and translated by Peter McCambridge [...]
To accommodate the growing number of scholarship and bursary winners, this year’s RAY’s Place holiday reception was held at the Creemore Branch of the Canadian Legion – with kudos to the Legion members who did a superb catering job. There are currently 12 university students receiving RAY’s [...]
Last month we left Bert Smith at the Creemore Star with serious help problems. As well he had had a breakdown in health but fortunately surgery corrected the problem. He was able to solve his labour problems but the Depression of the 1930s was upon him with serious financial concerns. To [...]
Family-oriented holidays usually stir up a range of feelings about spending time with people we love, and not all of those feelings are good. For most families there are huge expectations that Christmas will be a time when everyone is happy and everything is perfect, and because the bar gets [...]
Editor: 150 people and 150 ideas as to what should be done, as you now realize, democracy and consensus can be the bedfellows of chaos. My only question is when the TD, as a generous community gesture gave the property to Creemore to be used as parkland, I sure they never envisioned the [...]
