Humane Society feels urgent need for new facility
The Georgian Triangle Humane Society (GTHS) is feeling the urgent needs of our community now more than ever before. With a rapidly growing population comes an exponential increase in the number [...]
Health plan will have local impact: MPP
The province released its plan for healthcare reform earlier this month, which Simcoe-Grey MPP Brian Saunderson says will have an impact on the riding by helping to free up family doctors, divert [...]
International Women’s Day events in Collingwood
The Town of Collingwood will mark International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action [...]
Short-term rentals negatively impact housing
Editor: In a pre-COVID study, the CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) found that short- term rentals (STRs), such as AirBnB and VRBO, have disrupted housing markets across Canada, as [...]
Tax on second homes could fund construction of affordable housing
Editor: It was interesting to see so much on local housing in last week’s Creemore Echo. It’s sad that this has become an issue. Yet Creemore is not idiosyncratic in the dynamic at play here. [...]
Need for tourism improvements at all levels
Editor: As a 15-year operator of a multi award winning tourism business in Clearview, I would like to provide some input on what is missing from Clearview Tourism Plan. (Re: “Something missing [...]
Gardeners encouraged to donate surplus crops to food bank
Editor: I would like to thank Helen Blackburn for her “Garden brings health and happiness” letter in the last week’s Echo. For those in the community who do not know Helen, she is well known for [...]
Still paving paradise
Editor: There are two questions that I cannot seem to get an answer for. 1. What was Ford’s reason for removing 7400 acres of Greenbelt protected land when there already existed many thousands of [...]
Indigenous artists exhibit at MoD’s Our Story: Past and Present
The Museum of Dufferin (MoD) and the Dufferin County Cultural Resource Circle (DCCRC) present Our Story: Past and Present, an exhibit featuring the work of Indigenous artists Josh Morley (above), [...]
Coyotes go to playoffs in season 2
Creemore Coyotes may have been ousted but can find a victory in having progressed to the playoffs in their second year of play. The AA senior hockey team was taken out of the playoffs after [...]
