New Tecumseth Times

New website improvement helps guide residents through renovations

By Brian Lockhart When you are planning to do renovations on your home, quite often home owners are unsure if they need a permit to ...

South Simcoe Arts Council hosts Art on Main in downtown Alliston

The South Simcoe Arts Council (SSAC) held a “Meet the Artist” event, during its annual Arts on Main display – entitled “Explorations” – on Saturday, ...

SMDHU launches new COVID-19 risk level update

By Brian Lockhart The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has developed a new way to communicate the current risk level of COVID-19 in its coverage ...

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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 ...