Looking forward to Earth Day being 364 days of the year
Editor: Kudos to Murray Lackie (I believe that every day should be Earth Day, The Creemore Echo, April 14) for a salient, honest, letter with trademark Lackie humour. What a simple yet brilliant reversal: every day Earth Day, with one day a year for “climate warming” celebrations, “then we can get down to living cleaner […]
Bill 23 protestors buoyed by support
A multi-generational crowd encompassing young children with their handmade signs through to young-at- heart elders with their walkers gathered this past Saturday to show their opposition to the now-passed Bill 23 that stormed its way at breakneck speed through the Ontario legislature. Accompanied by appreciative horn blowing support from passing traffic, more than 200 people […]
Bill 23 is an omnibus bomb, comes with steep costs
Editor: We are in a housing crisis. Bill 23 is proposing 1.5 million new homes in the next 10 years. So why are organizations as varied as the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), Ontario Nature, and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) all raising serious concerns? Bill 23 is an omnibus bomb: it promises […]
No need to go whole hog as a vegan
On a grey, blustery Remembrance Day, a small crowd gathered around Singhampton’s cenotaph where a visibly cold but stoic Reverend Dobson remembered and honoured all our fellow citizens who have served and sacrificed to protect our way of life. It was a thoughtful and moving tribute, his words a poignant reminder of the level of […]
Clients can pressure banks to align with Paris Agreement
It was a beautiful Thanksgiving weekend, something to savour and be thankful for. Yet for me it also felt somehow nostalgic, a moment soon to pass, filtered with news of Typhoon Hagibis wreaking havoc in Japan, a freak snow storm in Winnipeg, forest fires in California, all still somewhat reassuringly far away. Later in the […]
Family engages in fight for habitable future
“It is worse, much worse, than you think.” That is the sombre start to the book The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells, which has kickstarted our family’s efforts to more actively engage in the fight for a habitable future. In urgent and riveting writing that flings out all the terrifying statistics like a category five […]
A last Christmas for Duntroon School
With a light dusting of snow setting the scene, gently foretelling of the season to come, both tire stores and ‘The One Stop Christmas Shop’ at Duntroon School enjoyed crowds getting ready for what lies ahead. A sold out bake table (is there any other kind?) and chili dinner, bustling atmosphere, and responses from various […]