Perfect pie

“Every pie is different,” says Creemore resident Linda Cockton. She should know. Every year she bakes 75 to 100 pies. Apple, strawberry, wild blueberry, raspberry, lemon meringue, butter pecan. It doesn’t matter what kind – she simply loves to bake pies. “It’s just a...

Grannies give back

After reaching their $50,000 fundraising goal, Creemore’s “Mad and Noisy Grannies” are disbanding. “All good things have to come to an end,” explained Jill Stevenson, who co-founded the group with Carolyn Smith six years ago. The two women started Mad and Noisy...

Happy birthday, Milton!

Celebrations are set to get underway for one of Creemore’s most active residents – both on and off the farm. When Milton McArthur turns 80 on Sunday, October 6, friends and community members are invited to give him their best wishes at the Creemore Community...

Keep the wards

The consultants Clearview Township hired to help with the Electoral Review process recommend it make minimal changes to the current system. “The cautious preference would probably be to keep change to a minimum,” the report said. “In that context, the three Options...

Schoolhouse centenary

To celebrate the 100th birthday of the Caine’s Corners Section #8 Schoolhouse, its current residents, Mike and Connie Leishman, invite the public to an open house on Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29 from 10 am to 5 pm. The last time the building...

Volunteer of the year

Muriel Day of Creemore is this year’s recipient of the Volunteer of the Year Award at her Local Fair from the GNE/Collingwood Agricultural Society. Day, who was raised on a farm in Banda, has been active with her local fair since 1974, working in the food booth and at...