New Tecumseth Times

TNT Express host Super Sunday

It’s summer gridiron season and the TNT Express kicked off the 2016 schedule hosting four home games at Mel Mitchell Athletic Field in Beeton on Sunday, May 22. It was opening weekend for the Ontario Minor Football League with games being played across the Province.

Adjala-Tosorontio defers bylaw on first medical marijuana facility

Adjala-Tosorontio council has deferred a bylaw which would have allowed the establishment of the township’s first medical marijuana facility.

For the love of potatoes, and vodka

The Beattie family of Alliston is putting their potato expertise to good use. In April, the family began distilling, packaging and shipping “Beattie’s Vodka,” made from potatoes grown right here in New Tecumseth, to local LCBO stores.

Extensive damage caused by fire

Firefighters from Adjala-Tosorontio, New Tecumseth, and Caledon responded to a house fire on Concession 7, just north of Highway 9, in Adjala-Tosorontio, on Tuesday, May ...

Tottenham Steam going strong

After a successful 2015/16 season that saw them win the Greater Metro Hockey League championship, the Tottteham Steam have announced the new direction the club will be taking for the 2016/17 season.

Survival Skill Set Festival comes to Tottenham

Everyday people all around the world are thrust into unexpected survival situations. You might not be an avid camper, or even outdoorsy in the slightest, ...

Fire on 9th Line

On May 15 at approximately 3:57pm., New Tecumseth Fire and Rescue and members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fire on the ...

Banting Memorial High School to be rebuilt

After more than 60 years, and seven major face-lifts, Banting Memorial High School in Alliston is being rebuilt.

Rally for autism funding at Queen’s Park

Hundreds of concerned Ontarians gathered together on the lawns of Queen’s Park last week to protest the Liberal government’s cuts to autism therapy for children. ...

Gymnasts excel at recent championships

The 2016 Trampoline and Tumbling Ontario Championships were recently hosted by Vertical Zone in Barrie. All Alliston Gymnastics Club T & T athletes recently qualified and competed at these championships. The scores were extremely close in almost every age-split. Many of our T & T athletes showed their best routines/passes of the year at championships.

Tottenham mom raises awareness ahead of Rare Disease Day

By Brock Weir This Saturday is February 29 – a rare day in our calendar that only comes around in the Leap Year. But, it ...

How can we help curb child poverty?

My son and I are embarking on a mission in late January, in an effort to help the less fortunate. Many of those we will be helping are children. We live relative luxury in this country, even if we are challenged by the free market and accompanying economic pitfalls. We complain about the price at the pumps, hydro rates and credit card bills.

Sale aids mission cause

This time I will walk the talk on mission trip

Mark Pavilons Writers write. We tell stories. Sometimes we witness events first-hand. Often, we help others retell their tales of adventure, both tragic and happy. ...

Democracy is the best system we have

The people have spoken. This pretty much sums up the fundamentals of our democratic system in a nutshell. Sure, our form of government may not be perfect, but it’s the very foundation of our society.

Neville-Lake Family memorial day planned

Hundreds of people are expected Sunday, Aug. 14 at Kettle Lake Park in King City, to commemorate the three Neville-Lake children and their grandfather, who ...

Do individual rights trump those of society?

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Top-down dictatorships, socialist nations and communist ideology put the “state” ahead of the individual. We here in the free west have grown accustomed to our liberal rights, and shun those other systems.

May 2016 Archive