Memoirist chronicles young life of loss

Watching Oprah one day, Martika Whylly heard the talk show hostess talking about a book report she completed as a child. It brought to mind a book report that Whylly never handed in when she was in Grade 5. She thought about how her mother, who always encouraged her...

Stayner Kinsmen donate $10,000 to hospital

Jory Pritchard-Kerr, Executive Director of Collingwood General and Marine Hospital Foundation accepts a $10,000 donation from the Stayner and District Kinsmen Club. Kinsmen members made the donation in memory of a very special young man, Kevin Pardy, the son of Carl...

Creemore Legion, St. John's team up to make butter tarts

Trina Berlo photo: Marilyn Steed (top, from left), Lynn Bell, Gayle Millsap and Gail Martens can’t stop rolling after two days of making butter tarts to be sold at Ontario’s Best Butter Tart Festival in Midland June 13.  The Creemore Legion Ladies Auxiliary and...

Clearview men do some 'Real fishing' with Bob Izumi

Photo: Tim Young (from left), and Ed Stephens fishing with Bob Izumi of The Real Fishing Show with guide Grant Neilson. “Chance of a lifetime.” That’s what local outdoorsman and successful businessman Tim Young told his father when he learned that he was invited on a...

Matthew Buie competes at Pan Am, Olympics in sight

Duntroon native Matthew Buie is among rowers nominated to represent Canada at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. Buie, 27, will compete in men’s quadruple sculls and men’s double sculls at the rowing regatta, taking place in St. Catharines from July 11 to 15. The...

Clearview council resists ditching prayer

Councillors in Clearview are not convinced they should remove allocated prayer time at the beginning of each meeting just because a recent Supreme Court ruling found the practice violated the rights of council members in Saguenay, Quebec. The court upheld a decision...