Editor: We just returned from the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in Creemore, and we feel compelled to comment. We were touched by the number of people who turned out on a crisp November Sunday morning, particularly the families with young children. When the speaker began extolling [...]
Editor: It’s quite the privilege seeing such lofty intellectuals opining in The Creemore Echo. Mr. Wiggins’ points on President Trump are so tired. Numerous people have already rebuked and rebutted them. His is a mere self-aggrandizing effort, allying himself with a biased Canadian media [...]
Recited by author Tim Armour at the Tree Society of Creemore’s Food and Foliage fundraising dinner at Station on Nov. 3. A maple pined that ne’er it might Inspire a poet’s heart to write. A stunted sapling rooted down In shade beneath a forest’s crown. Until one day there came a man With a [...]
The following is the address given by Ken Thornton at the Creemore Legion’s Remembrance Day service. A Second World War veteran, Thornton was invited to make remarks just weeks after his 100th birthday. Good morning everyone, and please accept our appreciation for your presence on this [...]
Transcription, written by Kate Atkinson, offers a tale of spies, Nazi sympathizers and double agents. Set in London, the novel bounces back and forth between two time periods, 1940 and 1950 and keeps on surprising the reader with plot twists. In 1940, 18-year-old Juliet Armstrong is recruited [...]
Editor: Here’s a challenge to the new council members of Clearview. There is a need in Creemore for laboratory facilities, where necessary medical tests can be done. At one time Creemore had that service available. We know Creemore would not initially assume the same service Stayner provides [...]
Editor: It’s interesting to note the many similarities that exist between two megalomaniac dictators, Donald Trump and Hitler: 1. They both sported specific hair identifiers. Hitler, with his square black mustache and Trump, with his scooped forward hair-do. 2. Hitler blamed the Jews for all [...]
Bert Smith, former publisher and owner of The Creemore Star starts off this month’s portion of his biography with the words, “This paragraph may make my Grandchildren smile” and it may make you smile, also. He goes on to say that he had reached 24 years of age and had never really had a [...]
Dear “Bud” drinkers, It’s interesting that on our regular walks, it’s mostly your cans that we’re picking out of the ditches. If you insist on drinking while driving, which frankly is more of a concern, the least you can do is take your cans home to recycle. Better still, although the flavour [...]
Editor: While it is important to give congratulatory recognition to the winners in the recent election, it is also important to note that the voter turnout was a mere 38 per cent of the total electorate. That means, for example, that the new mayor was elected by approximately 20 per cent of [...]
