Healing from loss

Betty Schneider knows what it is like to lose a loved one. After each of her two husbands passed away from cancer, she decided to give back to the community for the support they gave her during those difficult times. This is why she now runs the Bereavement Support...

Clean up the wetlands

Earlier this month, volunteers for the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) removed more than 750 pounds of garbage from the banks of the Mad River. Now, the NCC is looking for more people to help prepare the area for a new nature trail. “This is the perfect way to...

Great turnout to town halls

Recent town hall meetings drew crowds to discuss proposed changes to Clearview Township’s electoral system. During the past week, the Electoral Review Committee hosted four meetings in Nottawa, Brentwood, Creemore and Stayner. More than 200 people came to the meetings...

Speak up on elections

Preliminary maps for possible changes to the electoral boundaries within Clearview are ready for review on the Township’s website and Brent Preston, Councillor for Ward 3, hopes everyone will take a look at these. He also hopes they will take some time to consider the...
Standing up for safety

Standing up for safety

Parents in New Lowell feel they deserve the same consideration as other communities in the Township when it comes to getting their children to school safely. Led by Helena Hayward, they were able to convince Clearview Council to re-open discussion on the hiring of a...

Gents, get pumped!

“Floored.” This is how Alison FitzGerald felt after the first Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in Collingwood last year. “I was floored at the amount of interest and support the community showed,” she explained. The event raised $30,000 for Collingwood women’s shelter,...