New Tecumseth Times

Mill Pond Medical Centre receives special blessing

By Wendy Gabrek The Mill Pond Medical Building received a blessing on Thursday, December 13, from Rev. Kim McArthur. The purpose of the blessing was ...

Lions pack and distribute Christmas Hampers

By Wendy Gabrek Members of the Alliston Lions Club gathered at their hall on Boyne Street last week to sort out food and toys, and ...

Stevenson Memorial Hospital Receives $500,000 Stage 1 Planning Grant Funds

On November 13, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care released the $500,000 Stage 1 Planning Grant funds to Stevenson Memorial Hospital (SMH). The money ...

Burning of the Green set for January 4

The Rotary Club of Alliston, the Firefighters of New Tecumseth and The Town of New Tecumseth invite people of all ages to join us at ...

Alliston Lions’ “Stuff a Cruiser” event meets overwhelming success for 2018

By Wendy Gabrek Alliston Lions Club members, in cooperation with the Nottawasaga OPP, hosted their annual Stuff a Cruiser’ event this past weekend, and were ...

Becoming Suicide Alert in New Tecumseth – “You can talk to me”

By Wendy Gabrek Recently, a suicide alertness seminar was hosted in Beeton at Fire Station #2. The event, hosted by firefighter and safeTALK instructor Derek ...

New Tec’s Hutchison appointed vice-chair of Catholic School Board

By Brock Weir New Tecumseth resident Janice Hutchison has a place of prominence following the inaugural meeting of the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board ...

Youth dance to support Beeton Athletic Association

Time to put on your dancing shoes and get into the holiday spirit. There will be a youth dance in support of the Beeton Athletic ...

“Fill the Bus” food drive tops last year’s haul by more than 1,300 lbs.

By Wendy Gabrek The third annual “Fill the Bus” food drive, hosted by New Tecumseth Fire Rescue, Landmark Transportation, and 92.1 MyFM, took place last ...

Meet your new Council – Councillors sworn-in, begin new duties

By Wendy Gabrek The Council of 2018–2022 was sworn-in on Monday, December 3 in a special ceremony held in Council Chambers. The eight Councillors, plus ...

Encouraging and fostering Truth & Reconciliation

By Brock Weir Canada has come a long way since Orange Shirt Day first gained traction across the country as a way to build awareness ...

Monthly Message: A season of gratitude, celebrating community impact at CONTACT

With Thanksgiving approaching, we pause to reflect on the incredible generosity that surrounds us. At CONTACT Community Services, we know that no one should have ...

Hello Tilly Norwood

By Brian Lockhart The name Tilly sounds, at least to me, a little old-fashioned. Names come and go, then come back into fashion over time. ...

Gaza: The 20-point plan

By Gwynne Dyer When a bad man does a good thing, we should honour him for it even if his motives are selfish. Donald Trump ...

Monthly Message: How local action can inspire global hope

l In a world grappling with climate crises, economic instability, and growing social unrest, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by problems that seem distant and ...

Qatar and Poland

By Gwynne Dyer I’ll get to the Russian drones shot down over Poland, but I’ll start with the Israeli air strikes on Qatar because that’s ...

Monthly Message: My Sister’s Place’sgrassroots fight against domestic violence in South Simcoe

My Sister’s Place has been serving South Simcoe County since 1987, but it was a long road and a lot of hard work to get ...

Working ‘holidays’

By Brock Weir We probably all had to get up in front of the classroom at one point or another to yammer on about what ...

No ‘New World Order’

By Gwynne Dyer There is no ‘New World Order’, although there is certainly a new world disorder. The ‘rules-based international order’ that was created after ...

Monthly Message: Volunteers are the heart of the Alliston Food Bank

At the Alliston Food Bank, one truth rings clear: without volunteers, the doors simply would not open. Every bag of groceries packed, every shelf stocked, ...

December 2018 Archive