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By Al Clarke How cold is it? It’s colder than a pig’s butt in a sleet storm out there, or so it seems, and a lot of the evidence is pointing to this becoming the new normal. Winnipeg is having [...]

By Drew Gulyas We spent our March Break outside. From March 10 to 14, winter was at her best. The sun shone, the snow squalled, the campfires crackled and the kids explored. During the 2014 March [...]

By Bev Machesney I grew up in Creemore, a small Ontario village of about 600 people in the 1940s. My dad, Orr Machesney, owned a grocery store in the main business block of Mill Street from 1939 [...]

The times may have changed, but it still takes a community to build a barn. That’s what artist Peter Mitchell learned as he spent the winter constructing a barn on the Mulmur property he [...]

By Thom Paterson The 2014 Home and Garden Show is coming to the Creemore Community Arena on Saturday, April 26 from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sunday, April 27 from 10 am to 4 pm. Each year the Home [...]

Until recently, the community did not know the reasons for Jennifer and Brian MacIntyre’s mysterious December move into Creemore with their two children, Griffin, 6 and Logan, 3. The MacIntyres [...]

By Shelley Hannah I am in New York City to participate in events surrounding the meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations. I am joining thousands of women and some [...]

Creemore’s own Curiosity House Books has been longlisted for an award that celebrates excellence in Canada’s book industry. On Monday, the Retail Council of Canada announced that Curiosity House [...]

Next weekend, you can meet the company that now owns the land once slated for the Highland mega-quarry. The North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Task Force is hosting a Public Meeting on [...]

The Echo would like to introduce you to our new advice columnist, Lance Gablehowser. A local man with a large world view, Lance will answer your questions about any problems you are having. Who [...]