Opinion

In a small village like Creemore, a book sale is never just about books. Yes, there are tables filled with novels, biographies, cookbooks, children’s stories, and the ever-popular jigsaw puzzles. But what people often remember most is the feeling in the room – neighbours chatting over a table [...]

March Break often involves travel and gatherings, making it an important time for families to review and update their children’s immunizations. With increased measles activity in many travel destinations, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit urges families to ensure all members are up to [...]

by Sharon Armstrong In response to the March 6 editorial “Pause new pits and fix the system.” Aggregate – stone, sand and gravel – is essential to building and maintaining our communities, so it is understandable that people care deeply about how these resources are managed. At the same time, [...]

As predicted, new provincial legislation designed to reduce red tape is making it easier for aggregate companies to get licences and permits, and harder for communities to oppose them. And while aggregate is an essential material, what if the destruction of over-mining outweighs the beneficial [...]

It was a day in early September, 1927. On board the train slowly making its way to Avening was Miss Audrey Thompson of Kincardine, age 19, a recent Teachers’ College graduate and newly hired by S.S. #14 (Avening) school board. She was tired, having been travelling since 5:30 a.m. As train [...]

by Tim Armour At RVH he’s Doctor Veitch. His foe is carcinoma. If tumours lurk within his reach They’re dead or in a coma. His master craft is medicine. His field’s oncology, Whereas my streak of Edison Goes t’wards ontology. An alchemist with alkaloids, He’s toxins’ top technician. This [...]

It’s been a decade since Canadian farmers’ landmark mental health study quantified the undercurrent of anxiety and depression facing producers. So, over the past 10 years, has the situation improved? Become worse? That’s what new research aims to find out. Prof. Andria Jones of the University [...]

Editor: I would like to thank Clearview Councillor Robert McArthur for advocating for better communication between farmers and “people from the city”. In last week’s article, Council votes to strike ag committee, Mr. McArthur noted, “Farmers and city people, there’s a real lack of communication [...]

by Jacquie Rushlow On Jan. 30, the Federal Court of Appeal finally reaffirmed what so many Canadians, scientists and environmental leaders have understood for years: single- use plastics have no place in a healthy future. After legal challenges (mostly from big oil industry) and confusion that [...]

Avening has become just a quiet little place and often gets no more than a nod by the busy weekend traffic. There was a time when things were different. At one time it almost rivalled Creemore for size and activity. There were various mills, a cheese factory, a population of 300 and stores and [...]