Opinion

Editor: The press is filled these days with taxpayer funded announcements telling us what wonderful things our current Conservative government is providing us – a sure sign of a coming election. [...]

Editor: Helen Blackburn’s letter Leave those leaves where they fall (The Creemore Echo, Nov. 22) echoes a recent talk at Essa library by Lorraine Johnson who shared similar information – many [...]

If you have a garden, like many Echo readers do, you know it’s no big deal to consume fruit or vegetables that are cosmetically imperfect. They taste fine. Plus, their odd shapes are conversation [...]

This month, I found myself at a two-day Continuum workshop exploring movement in a whole new way. As a JourneyDance facilitator, yoga enthusiast, and avid walker I’m very familiar with moving my [...]

CARA Director, Bill Mann, attended last Monday’s council meeting which approved the Official Plan Amendment for the Tribute development (The development is referred to as Creemore Commons, and [...]

Editor: You’re feeling guilty about not raking the leaves on your lawn? In spite of the lovely weather, you just haven’t got around to it? Stop feeling guilty this very minute. The leaves on the [...]

Editor: The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has a logging project planned at the Creemore Nature Preserve, located on Concession 6 South, also fondly referred to as the Mingay Tract. The [...]

Editor: Many of us are concerned about global warming and about saving our natural environment from decline. It seems like an overwhelming job, little that me or you, as an individual, can do. I [...]

Editor: How do you respond to news that leaves you horrified and speechless? If you’re Sona Vancour, you share your heartbreak with your community and invite them out to the Village Green to drum [...]

Playground, the latest from Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Powers, uses the island of Makatea as a microcosm for contemporary debates about AI, environmental justice, and neocolonialism. [...]