A place of honour at WWI centenary

Patrons of the Terra Nova Public House will be familiar with the portrait of a World War I soldier that hangs in a place of honour by the pub’s entrance. Anna Muth, who owns the establishment, was lucky to spend a great deal of the first seven years of her life with...

Inaugural Cook Off to honour local cuisine

This year’s Copper Kettle Festival will feature a new event, one aimed at embracing the spirit of rural cuisine. The Copper Kettle Cook Off is being organized by Miriam Streiman of Maple Valley’s Mad Maple Country Inn, and will take place in the parking lot of the...

At long last, a mobile vending bylaw

Clearview Council passed its licensing bylaw Monday night, giving the Creemore BIA veto power over any applications from mobile vendors looking to set up in an area bounded by Collingwood Street, Wellington Street, Library Street and the Mad River. That provision was...

Bookstore ready for resale

Two years after saving the venerable Curiosity House bookstore from an uncertain future, owner Ralph Hicks has announced it’s time for him to move on. In an email sent out to friends and supporters this week, Hicks said he had accomplished his objectives of relocating...

Trans Canada Glass

By Helen Blackburn Creemore holds the distinction for having the first church built when there wasn’t another for miles and miles, not even in Collingwood which was nothing much more than an idea. That was in 1854. How three of its stained glass windows found their...