Parks are meant for play

Editor: Our community park is more than something to admire from a distance – it is a place created to be experienced. For well over two decades, families have gathered at the park adjacent to Creemore Station on the Green to laugh, play, climb, explore, and make...
Why flower shows still matter

Why flower shows still matter

Decades ago, the highlight of Creemore’s summer calendar wasn’t the Summer Solstice celebration or the Copper Kettle Festival. It was the Creemore Horticultural Society’s annual Summer Flower Show. We cherish and support our newer community celebrations,but the...
Avening, a smart place

Avening, a smart place

What stands out in my mind about my first drive through Avening when I was a little girl was the old mill in the middle of the road. My family and I were on our way to visit friends a few miles distant. When we approached the building we had to take a jog around it to...

Party over parliament is dividing us more and more

Editor: I was pleased to read the article about Daniel Pinsk’s early involvement in politics. It is critical that the next generation prepare to take over the reigns and it is great to hear about young people getting involved. I have a couple thoughts for Mr. Pinsk to...

Poem: Excuse my CUSMA musings

Don’t rush into a CUSMA deal. Let’s not be in a panicTo lash onto the railings of the U.S.S. Titanic. If banking Yankee dollars gets a gun shoved down my gullet,I’d answer Thanks but No Thanks then. I’d rather bite the bullet. We dare to care about ourselves, protect...