Businesses encouraged to ‘paint the town pink’

The village will appear a little more colourful next week as Nottawasaga and Creemore Public School harnessing the power of pink. On April 13, International Day of Pink, NCPS students in Grades 4-8 will be touring the village in small groups from 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m....

Minor fuel leak in Creemore

Clearview Firefighters contained a minor gas leak at Jug City Tuesday night. Fire Chief Colin Shewell said less than 75 litres of fuel spilled during a delivery. Firefighters used absorbent to soak up the gasoline which was removed by the fuel company after all...

Poetic translation brings Jean Giono to new readers

A journey, both geographic and linguistic, led Paul Eprile to a bookstore in France years ago, where a beautiful cover caught his eye. “I admit that it was the cover that attracted me because I had never heard of the author – Jean Giono,” said Eprile. “Eventually I...

Echo celebrates 15 years of news and views

Before Facebook… Before Twitter… Before Instagram… There was The Creemore Echo. When the current incarnation of The Creemore Echo was born in 2001, people still relied almost entirely on newspapers for news and information. Fifteen years ago the information landscape...

Ice storm downs trees causing power outage

Downed trees and branches caused by Thursday’s ice storm left many people in the area without power and on clean-up detail over the long weekend and into this week. There were numerous reports of downed wires, trees on power lines and flooding. Mulmur Township road...

SCI prepares for Vimy trip

Stayner Collegiate Institute students are fundraising with a clear goal of getting to the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. About 30 students in Grades 9-12 will travel to Northern France next April to mark the anniversary, by way of Amsterdam and en...