By Brian Lockhart The 2023 South Simcoe Business Excellence Awards, hosted by Nottawasaga Futures, will be presented on May 24. The awards recognize excellence, outstanding achievement, and customer satisfaction in small, medium, and large businesses throughout South Simcoe. Anyone can ...
By Brian Lockhart The event lived up to its name. The Coldest Night of the Year walk did have a frosty start with temperatures below ...
By Brian Lockhart The County of Simcoe is once again providing $500,000 in funding to support eligible applicants in creating additional age-friendly housing in Simcoe ...
By Brian Lockhart Members of OPSEU / SEFPO Local 332 rallied in front of the Community Living Association for South Simcoe (CLASS) building on Church ...
By Brian Lockhart The South Simcoe Theatre is presenting I Hate Hamlet on its Cookstown stage now through Sunday, Mar. 19. Written by Paul Rudnick ...
By Mark Pavilons The Canadian Show Jumping Team won the $150,000 FEI Nations’ Cup, presented by IDA Development, held Mar. 4, during the CSIO4* Winter ...
By Brian Lockhart It was cops versus students on the ice at the Tottenham Community Centre arena during a charity hockey game in support of ...
By Brian Lockhart The County of Simcoe has reached a milestone in its organics (green cart) collection program. More than 200,000 tonnes of organic material ...
By Brian Lockhart Despite having to close its chapter, the Alliston chapter of 100 Women Who Care are proud of what they accomplished as a ...
By Brian Lockhart Get ready for another increase in your property tax. New Tecumseth council has approved the municipality’s budget for the coming year during ...
By Brian Lockhart With the addition of two large subdivisions on the east side of Tottenham, it is now common to see a line of ...
By Brock Weir Assistance offered by York Support Services Network can now be accessed in more areas of York Region and South Simcoe after the ...
By Brian Lockhart It’s about as Canadian as you can get when the sap is flowing and another maple syrup production season begins in Ontario. ...
By Brian Lockhart Participating McDonald’s restaurants in Alliston and Angus will host a cookie drive supporting the mental health of youth in Simcoe County. From ...
By Brian Lockhart With warmer weather approaching, Conservation Authorities around the province are warning residents of the dangers that exist near rivers, streams, ponds, and ...
By Brian Lockhart The Ontario Provincial Police in Central Region is warning members of the public of a highly potent and potentially fatal strain of ...
By Brian Lockhart The Blackhorse Theatre is celebrating its 50th anniversary with another new production. The play, Bathroom Humor, is a very naughty farce written ...
By Brian Lockhart A report released by Mortgage Professionals Canada found that around one-third of respondents believe they will never be able to afford their ...
By Brian Lockhart If you plan on driving in Ontario, you must go through a series of steps before becoming a fully licensed driver. Ontario ...
By Brian Lockhart The Town of New Tecumseth has decided where tax dollars will be spent for 2023. Funds raised by the town come from ...
By Brian Lockhart The Alliston & District Humane Society (ADHS) is reaching out to supporters for the coming year and letting them know the difference ...
By Brian Lockhart At the end of the day, it’s just a game. Hockey won’t take place without qualified referees controlling the game. Unfortunately, sometimes ...
By Brian Lockhart The Alliston Hornets are poised to win their quarter-final North Carruthers Division playoff series with the Penetang Kings after hammering the Kings ...
By Brian Lockhart The Alliston Hornets have played their final regular season and will go into the Provincial Junior Hockey League playoffs as the number ...
By Brian Lockhart The North Dufferin Baseball League will celebrate the 2022 season by presenting player awards on Sunday, Mar. 12, at the Royal Canadian ...
By Brian Lockhart It was a split week for the Alliston Hornets, winning on the road, but taking a loss in their Friday night home ...
By Brian Lockhart With playoffs and league qualifiers underway across the province, Minor Hockey Associations are offering tips for players on how to prepare and ...
By Brian Lockhart The North Dufferin Baseball League will celebrate the 2022 season with an awards lunch and meeting at the Royal Canadian Legion in ...
By Brian Lockhart The Alliston Hornets now have 56 points after winning both of this past week’s games and are five points ahead of the ...
By Brian Lockhart Unless the first-place Stayner Siskins have a major meltdown and lose their remaining regular season games, the Alliston Hornets will finish in ...
By Brian Lockhart After the previous weekend that saw the Alliston Hornets take two losses, including being battered by the last-place Penetang Kings, the Hornets ...
By Gwynne Dyer Xi Jinping was confirmed in a third term as president of China at the National People’s Congress last week, and not one ...
By Brock Weir Do you remember the first time you were really conscious of experiencing kindness? It probably wasn’t anything too big or flashy, at ...
By Brock Weir As the grandchild and great-grandchild of women and men who served King and Country in the First and Second World Wars, and ...
By Dr. Ted Vandevis Many years ago, Central United Church in Barrie appointed me as the volunteer treasurer of the church. It was a great experience because, ...
By Brian Lockhart I was never a big reader when I was a kid, but I did manage to get through a few books over ...
By Brock Weir In these days of extremely polarized views, we’re all too often in my view bombarded with cases of people being lionized, or ...
By Brian Lockhart The Liberal government has now backtracked and stopped its efforts to ban hundreds of hunting rifles and shotguns, effectively making them illegal ...
By Brock Weir Early in my career covering politics and politicians, I found myself at the end of a very long phone conversation. Actually, it ...
By Brian Lockhart Happy Groundhog Day! Yes, it’s that day of the year where we all celebrate the revered tradition of relying on a rodent ...
By Dr. Ted Vandevis My parents, Gerrie and Marinus Vandevis, owned a grocery store in the Holland Marsh called the Marsh Food Store. It was ...