Small Halls Festival nominated for award

The Small Halls Festival has been named a finalist for the tourism event of the year award by the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario. Other finalists in the category are Lucknow’s Music in the Fields, Kingsville Folk Music Festival and the James Street Supercrawl...

Hitting a geocache milestone in the hills

A few days before a planned visit to Creemore, my mother sent me a message asking me if I was aware of a large fake tree in the area. “Uh ya,” I replied. “I can think of at least one.” In my mind’s eye I could see the huge fake pine cell tower rising from the tree...

Juno winners performing in Creemore area

Hot on the heels of the award-winning Small Halls Festival Clearview’s community-run venues are providing more opportunities for residents and those visiting the area to enjoy nationally recognized talent in intimate settings. On Saturday, Nov. 21, two Juno award...

Conservative Kellie Leitch wins Simcoe-Grey

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nationwide election results cast a pall over Simcoe-Grey MP Kellie Leitch’s victory party Monday. Although Leitch held onto her seat with 46.6 per cent of the vote, many of her Conservative party colleagues lost theirs to a Liberal...

Christmas comes early to Creemore

It was snowing last week in Creemore, but only at one intersection. The flurries were the result of a storm that blew into the village in the form of a film crew that was shooting a holiday television commercial for Interac at Cardboard Castles Children’s Emporium....

Two Clearview students become fire chief for a day

Two Clearview Township elementary school students were sworn in as fire chiefs for the day Thursday. Clearview Meadows Elementary School Grade 1 student Carson Kemsley and New Lowell Central Public School Grade 2 student Joel Gotthelf won a day on the job with Fire...