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Hewitt, Paul  April 10, 1946 – Sept. 28, 2020 Family and friends mourn the passing of William ‘Paul’ Hewitt, at the Owen Sound hospital, in his 75th year.  Nothing could bring out his [...]

As of Friday, up to 60 pharmacies in Ontario will begin offering free COVID-19 testing to expand testing capacity beyond the province’s 150 assessment centres. However, Creemore Village Pharmacy [...]

Councillor Connie Leishman is taking a leave of absence. “My health isn’t the best since my surgery I’ve had a few setbacks and I think I have to step away from this job for a while, until I get [...]

Long-time Simcoe-Grey MPP Jim Wilson announced Thursday he will not be seeking re-election. “Although I have been discussing my intentions with family, friends and constituents for months, I have [...]

The victim of a fatal hit-and-run that happened north of Barrie on Sept. 15, has been identified as Clearview Township resident Venessa Murphy, 29. Police say she was walking on Bayfield Street [...]

After the success of the Summer Activity Kit program, The Clearview Youth Centre will offer a series of Fall Activity Kits to Clearview youth in October, November and December. Developed as a way [...]

A gap left by the cancellation of this year’s local arts festival has prompted artists at Mill Street Art Studio to hold an open house the first weekend in October and have invited others to do [...]

Editor: Perhaps The Echo needs to start using Twitter’s recent addition of Misleading Information Alerts on letters that contain unproven non-scientific content. While I applaud Yael Inglis’ [...]

Editor: Re: Integrity commissioner defends position (Integrity commissioner defends position, Sept. 18 edition, p. 1). I read it once. I read it twice. It still confounds me. Does the Integrity [...]

Noel Vanwalleghem is prepared to part with the Creemore property that has provided both shelter and livelihood since coming to Canada as a boy. He said the reason is simple. At the age of 78, he [...]