More local input promised as policing costs set to rise
A new Huronia West Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment Board will give Clearview Township a voice in the way the detachment is run. The board, formed under the Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA) which came into effect in April of this year, includes representatives from Clearview, Springwater and Wasaga Beach. The board is comprised […]
ECA secures funding for geospatial, ecology study
The Escarpment Corridor Alliance (ECA) has no interest in becoming another layer of bureaucracy for landowners to battle, according to executive director Jarvis Strong. The ECA has spent the last two years educating the community about the conservation corridor concept, and working to secure voluntary participation. “Contrary to what you may have heard, we are […]
Stayner man refused to be benched by vision loss
Bob Lowe has been playing hockey most of his life so he wasn’t about to let the loss of his sight rob him of his passion. Lowe played 12 years of minor hockey in Stayner followed by three years with the Siskins before moving on to a 22-year career coaching and officiating. He lost his […]
NVCA dispels anti-development reputation
Of the 398 applications received by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) last year, all but one were approved, according to Senior Regulations Officer Meagan Kieferle. During a recent technical briefing on the NVCA’s permitting process, Kieferle stressed that the authority’s mandate is not to prevent development, but rather to ensure the protection of the […]
Can-do attitude
Growing up in the country, canning and preserving was a way of life, according to Irma Flack. “I guess I learned from my mother. It had to be done, so I helped. It wasn’t a special thing,” she said. “When things were ready, you did it that day.” Flack remembers taking corn relish sandwiches in […]
A show of mite: Overwintering honey bees
Graeme Foers became a beekeeper after a quarter-life crisis. At the age of 21, he found himself living in Toronto, working for a large advertising agency and decided that he was enjoying neither. He headed home to the Egbert area, where he grew up, to figure out his next move. He’d always had an interest […]
Puppy love propels Pumpkin Spice Sisters into business
When eight-year-old Ivy Millsap and her sister Charlotte, 10, told their dad they wanted a puppy, he responded by asking how they intended to pay for it. The girls purchased $181 worth of pumpkin seeds with a business start-up loan from father Chris Millsap, and the Pumpkin Spice Sisters was born. Ivy and Charlotte took […]
Fall Festival at Maple Grove Farm
Moms and dads may get excited by the fresh produce, baking and farm- to-table meals at Maple Grove Farm, but for the kids it’s all about the Fall Festival. Since late September, the farm has been offering wagon rides, a pumpkin patch, pig and duck races and an awesome corn maze. This year’s corn maze […]
Arts fest: Artist finds treasure in other people’s trash
Jennifer Johne’s dream job is to be artist in residence at a landfill site. Johne recalls a visit to the Collingwood landfill several yearsago, “I spotted an oak framed mirror and a bunch of antique picture frames which were in excellent shape. While I was looking at them, a member of the dump staff came […]
Artists on Location: 7th Generation Image Makers
There will be more than 50 Artists on Location throughout the village during Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society’s Creemore Festival of the Arts from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 5-6. Pick up an event map at the info booth set up on the Village Green stage to find the location of artists […]