New Tecumseth Times

RURBAN Farmer’s Market open for the season

The nice weather has finally arrived, and long with the sunshine the Alliston BIA RURBAN Farmer’s Market has returned to downtown Alliston. The market features ...

New Community Garden opens in Beeton

On Saturday, May 28, the grand opening of the Beeton Community Garden took place next to the D.A. Jones Branch of the New Tecumseth Public ...

Alliston Lions host Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides, raise funds for support dogs

On Saturday, May 28, the Alliston Lions Club hosted its fourth annual Pet Valu Walk For Dog Guides with 32 walkers, including Lions members, in ...

Potato Festival features new talent show for dogs

The Alliston Potato Festival is returning this year after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. With the return of the festival, organizers have come ...

County launches survey on waste programs

The County of Simcoe is launching a public survey to obtain input on the County’s waste collection and landfill services. The survey is intended to ...

Tiffin Conservation Area provides flower map for botany lovers

While many people enjoy planting flowers in their home gardens, there are many varieties that grow in the wild and can only be appreciated by ...

Council receives warning about Lyme Disease in the region

If you go out to any wooded areas, including walking trails in the region, you should do a thorough check when you get home to ...

Banting Varsity baseball team has stellar season

The Banting Memorial High School Marauders Varsity boys baseball team are having a stellar season competing in Tier 1 competition in the South Simcoe Athletic ...

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Always go straight to the top

By Brian Lockhart As a person who travels around this great province quite a bit, I have a couple of regions that are my favourites. ...

Monthly Message: Grey’s for Greens encourages livin’ the life, sustainably

Sustainability is increasingly being adopted as a lifestyle choice. With intention, it can be woven into almost all of our daily decisions as we transition ...

Reflections on Mary Simon

By Brock Weir When push comes to shove, I think it’s safe to say that Canadians are proud of our country. Sure, there are those ...

Don’t worry – it’s paid for

By Brian Lockhart Throughout history, Western societies have always understood that sometimes people experience hardships beyond their control. A person could become sick and unable ...

Town proposed massive growth

After reading last week’s proposed growth plan from our elected officials, I was left shaking my head at the proposal’s lunacy. I understand “some” growth ...

Speaking English badly

By Gwynne Dyer It is a matter of chronic surprise that politicians, otherwise well-trained in saying just the right thing for the audience they are ...

Rumours

By Brian Lockhart There was a time when the year 2000 was considered a futuristic date. For some reason, that number represented a time when ...

Monthly Message: Plant a tree, shelter a life with annual campaign through My Sister’s Place

Every year at My Sister’s Place, we run our annual Trees for Shelter campaign. For this fundraising campaign, we sell potted trees. The program began ...

A story still being written

By Brock Weir I don’t know what it says about me that one of the most exciting days of my life took place when I ...

Demystifying public health food safety inspections

By Dr. Michelle Quaye, Public Health Physician Health inspections take place in many different settings, but they all have the same goal: making sure that ...

June 2022 Archive