Opinion

CARA Director, Bill Mann, attended last Monday’s council meeting which approved the Official Plan Amendment for the Tribute development (The development is referred to as Creemore Commons, and previously was known as Alliance Homes). Sadly, he was informed by the Mayor that since a public [...]

Editor: You’re feeling guilty about not raking the leaves on your lawn? In spite of the lovely weather, you just haven’t got around to it? Stop feeling guilty this very minute. The leaves on the lawn are a wonderful gift. Mother Nature designed trees so the fallen leaves would enrich the soil [...]

Editor: The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has a logging project planned at the Creemore Nature Preserve, located on Concession 6 South, also fondly referred to as the Mingay Tract. The logging is slated to begin sometime this month. Numerous local residents are concerned that information [...]

Editor: Many of us are concerned about global warming and about saving our natural environment from decline. It seems like an overwhelming job, little that me or you, as an individual, can do. I recently came upon a quote [by Edmund Burke] that is encouraging. “Nobody made a greater mistake [...]

Editor: How do you respond to news that leaves you horrified and speechless? If you’re Sona Vancour, you share your heartbreak with your community and invite them out to the Village Green to drum with you. Last week, the results of the U.S. election left her deeply impacted, and feeling like [...]

Playground, the latest from Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Powers, uses the island of Makatea as a microcosm for contemporary debates about AI, environmental justice, and neocolonialism. Through its exploration of the interconnectedness of humanity, technology, and nature, it challenges [...]

Gone are the days when men were the only ones who counted statistically as farmers. Through the agricultural census, we’re seeing more women identify as farm owners or co-owners, a nod to the equal-partner role they’ve long had on farms. Officially, women are finally and rightfully becoming an [...]

Eighty-five years ago our world was engulfed in the Second World War. I was three years old when the war started in 1939, and nine when it ended in 1945. My childhood life was always focused on the war and how we could win it. When I was older my mother told me that she […]

My hunt camp is a dirty place, some may say a real disgrace, no linens, drapes, or table lace. But fabric harbours old smells and flies, from greasy guys and old French fries. The sofa will quickly tell (by its rancid and fetid smell) of its long lived hell. And all the fixtures need repair, [...]

In Creemore, the maples burn in hues Of red, yellow, orange – Like old friends waving from the north end of Mill Street. Fields lie quiet, grain sown deep, Waiting patiently for the Spring rains’ soft kiss. And there, on the corner by the Sovereign Hotel, The chestnut tree still stands in my [...]