Mulmur council has high hopes for coming term

It was all smiles as Mulmur Township council members were sworn in Wednesday morning. Council member Earl Hawkins returned to his seat along with Mayor Paul Mills and Deputy Mayor Heather Hayes, both acclaimed. New to the table are Keith Lowry and Janet Horner....

A touch of Majengo coming to Dunedin

The annual holiday party to benefit Majengo Children’s Home in Africa will be held on Sunday, Dec. 14. The biannual fundraiser is organized by Lynn Connell and held at her Dunedin art retreat. Majengo is an orphanage in Tanzania. It is locally run and supported by a...

Infinity gymnasts make good showing at provincial qualifier

Infinity Gymnastics Centre in Utopia was in fine form over the weekend. Orangeville played host to a provincial qualifying meet for women’s artistic gymnastics and the area’s newest gymnastics club delivered. The meet had over 250 athletes from all across the province...

Hospital changes parking fees, first 30 minutes free

Parking at Collingwood General and Marine Hospital is now free for the first 30 minutes. The change, effective Dec. 1, is in response to community feedback, said hospital officials. Replacing a set rate of $7 per day, the hospital is moving to an hourly rate of $3 to...

Stayner Siskins' sizzling streak cooled

Upsets were the name of the game last week in the Georgian Bay Mid Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The top three teams in the league lost to lower ranking clubs, which is psychologically uplifting to the weaker clubs as anyone could win this thing. Penetang Kings,...

Duty calls for new heads of Clearview council

Since being elected in October, Chris Vanderkruys and Barry Burton have been working behind the scenes, getting ready to lead Clearview Township. Vanderkruys and Burton will be sworn in at the inaugural council meeting Monday, at town hall in Stayner. Vanderkruys is...