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If you are reading this, we have you to thank for the ongoing presence of The Creemore Echo. We are well into our annual subscription drive and we are very grateful for those who support us in our mission to continue to deliver local news and information, published by a locally owned [...]

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Editor: These headlines in another paper in the province this week made me respond to Mr. Arnill’s letter last week about Bill 5:‘I lost everything’: Swiss residents in shock after glacier debris buries village; U.S. Supreme Court approves oil railroad expansion in Utah despite outcry from [...]

Founding fathers of Mulmur

In the early 1800s, settlement was slowly creeping northwards from Toronto. In 1825 the first farms were taken up along the southern boundaries of the township. Land was taken up rapidly in the years following, mainly in the south half of the township and the north-west section around [...]

Bill 5 is a long-overdue effort

Editor: Ontario’s economy stands at a crossroads. We can either continue allowing bureaucratic red tape, a fragmented approval process and a relatively small, but vocal group of NIMBYs to delay progress, or we can choose a smarter, faster, and more effective path forward. That is precisely what [...]

Soil should be declared a national asset

U.S. President Donald Trump routinely acts like his pants are on fire. He’s always calling something a national emergency or a threat to U.S. security, even if it’s not. And even though Canada usually takes a more measured approach to calamities, we are indeed facing a real threat to national [...]

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