by Kristi Green | Jun 19, 2014 | News
Although he’s disappointed in the ultimate choice Ontarians’ made in last week’s election, Progressive Conservative Simcoe-Grey MPP Jim Wilson says he’ll still get things done at Queen’s Park. On June 12, the Liberals were promoted to a majority government after...
by Kristi Green | Jun 19, 2014 | News
As the only community in Clearview with a Business Improvement Area (BIA), Creemore could receive special approval status for a new by-law that would permit mobile vendors in the Township, if Council OKs it. On June 11, members of Clearview Township met with local...
by Kristi Green | Jun 19, 2014 | News
If you’ve set foot inside NCPS in the last decade, then you’ve likely admired Bev Stableforth’s colourful mural of rural children on the wall outside the office. But if you look carefully, you will find secret symbols about the people who work there. “It makes it...
by Kristi Green | Jun 19, 2014 | News
By Mariane McLeod There may have been a hierarchy at play when I was a student at the “tall school” in Creemore. Kindergarten was in the basement, Grade 4 on the top floor. Yellow shag carpeting dotted with red was no doubt designed to cover spilled paint, dirt and...
by Kristi Green | Jun 19, 2014 | News
By Helen Blackburn “Come ye sons of old CCS Fight for the school we all love the best!” Those are the first two lines of the Creemore Continuation School (CCS) song. Sadly, CCS is fading quickly from view. It officially began in the fall of 1917, when the big, brick...
by Kristi Green | Jun 13, 2014 | News
By Andy Barrie My daughter is 38 now, so the the tale I’d like to recall here would be from 1985. She was nine, I 40. I remember it was the Monday after Father’s Day, and I was riding the subway home from work. The lady opposite was clearly staring at my feet. She...
