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Influenza (flu) season arrived especially early this year and the number of people sick with flu is quickly increasing in Ontario and Simcoe Muskoka. Because of this, the Simcoe Muskoka District [...]

Six local charities are receiving grants from Dufferin Community Fund to support everything from socks for people in need to watershed education for kids.  The funding, most of which will go [...]

by Dr. Colin Lee A new report from the Canadian Cancer Statistics Advisory Committee shows that cancer mortality rates are going down and this is great news. However, cervical cancer rates have [...]

Ernest Alfred Purkis 1939-2025 Peacefully in his sleep, in his 87th year while looking forward to the coming holiday visits with family.  Son of Ernest Alfred Purkis Sr. and Winnifred Paine, the [...]

Rebecca Anne “Becky” DeHaas — January 1, 1972 – November 11, 2025 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Rebecca Anne “Becky” DeHaas, who died peacefully at Campbell House [...]

Editor: I am writing this to inform our community about a situation that is happening in another closely knit community. The Kensington Market in Toronto has historically been an inclusive [...]

by Evangeline Leal On November 11th we shed our tears And talk about it with our peers Videos to watch, books to read Poppies to pin and plant their seeds People fallen, people died It just makes [...]

Editor: Nottawasaga and Creemore Public School is reaching out to our community for support as we work to update our classroom technology. Many of our Chromebooks are reaching the end of their [...]

by Cathy Krar Your mother may have told you to stop thinking about sex, but if we don’t pay attention to plant sex we are putting our very existence at risk. Plant sex is necessary for [...]

Local farmers Keith Currie (right) and Brent Preston each gave a keynote address in front of 400 delegates at the Globe Food Leadership Summit in Calgary earlier this month. Currie, who farms [...]