Opinion

Editor: I noticed in last week’s issue of The Creemore Echo that the baseball season is coming to an end. I want to congratulate all the players and coaches on their wins and hard work. I know it takes a lot of practice to improve all your skills, so way to go teams. To the […]

With the return of the school year, it is no surprise that individuals and families are looking for more natural alternatives that support the body and improve the overall integrity of the immune system. It is especially important to keep our kids healthy this year so that we can prevent [...]

Editor: My principal residence since September 1996 has been on Concession 8 Nottawasaga Road. The so-called ‘unopened road allowance’ appears on township maps (from County Road 9 at the south near Dunedin and goes north to Sideroad 9 & 10 Nottawasaga. I have several reasons for continuing [...]

Editor: It is beyond comprehension why Councillor Lamers of New Lowell at the end of his tenure would risk his good legacy – as well as council’s – by re-introducing a motion in the final stages of a lame duck council to allow ATVs yet again in Creemore and Dunedin. This issue has bitterly [...]

Looking back at our village’s history we expect to learn about churches, schools and about municipal affairs, but it is the little incidents that mark our individuality. Here are but a few of Creemore’s little ‘heartbeats’ captured for posterity in print in old Creemore Star newspapers. [...]

Editor: On Saturday, August 20, Creemore received two gifts. The first, and most obvious, was the grand opening of our beautiful Creemore Village Green. Four years ago this project was simply a seed of an idea. Last Saturday, the community celebrated the opening of this long-awaited, beautiful [...]

Editor: A huge shout out from me to Sim, owner/manager of Foodland, for his generosity during Saturday’s Village Green opening. It was a beautiful day and really hot – 850-plus cups of lemonade were given out by three terrific student volunteers and myself, complete with ice and sliced lemons! [...]

Community members filled Creemore Village Green Saturday, celebrating its grand opening. It is wonderful to see the hoarding removed and the park unveiled, restoring the flow to the Station on the Green, the Creemore Farmers’ Market, the Cenotaph and the library. There hasn’t been a day since [...]

• Water First is a local NGO whose mission and values are to address water challenges in indigenous communities in Canada through education and meaningful collaboration. • Ukraine: On Feb. 24, armed forces from the Russian federation began an unprovoked attack on the country of Ukraine, leading [...]

During the early 1800s William Millie an employee of the Bank of England was murdered at the bank while working after hours. His orphaned children William II and Eleanor became wards of a Mr. and Mrs. Williams, whose daughter was married to Rev Osler at Bond Head, Ontario. Rev Osler was a [...]