New Tecumseth Times

COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Stevenson Memorial Hospital

The COVID-19 outbreak declared at Stevenson Memorial Hospital’s medical and surgical inpatient unit on Apr. 9 ended on Apr. 16. Five patients tested positive while ...

Community partners launch campaign to support older adult volunteerism

By Brian Lockhart Community Connection has partnered with CONTACT Community Services in South Simcoe and the Barrie Public Library to launch its latest campaign to ...

CONTACT celebrates launch of new website

By Brian Lockhart CONTACT Community Services has launched a new user-friendly website that will provide a professional, warm, and engaging online presence. The new website ...

Police take on Banting Marauders in charity hockey game

By Brian Lockhart The Ontario Provincial Police Nottawasaga detachment Civics hockey team took on the Banting Memorial High School Marauders on the ice at the ...

Camp Tiffin takes kids on educational adventures for PA days

By Brian Lockhart While PA days give kids a break from school, they can still learn in different ways. Camp Tiffin offers outdoor adventure and ...

Two blood donation events coming to New Tecumseth

By Brian Lockhart With the arrival of warmer weather, many Canadian start to travel to see family and friends. This can make it difficult for ...

White collar crime

By Brian Lockhart It’s no secret that white-collar crime is not dealt with very harshly. You see stories all the time of people embezzling money ...

Listening for renewal

By Brock Weir Despite the mud and soggy ground, families took advantage of the sun Mother Nature graced us with to take full advantage of ...

Good Friday agreement plus 25

US President Joe Biden is visiting Ireland this week* to celebrate an anniversary that almost didn’t happen. It’s the 25th anniversary of the ‘Good Friday ...

TNT Tornados U10 AA take second place at OMHA

By Brian Lockhart The TNT Tornados U10 AA team had a stellar performance at the OMHA tournament held in Kingston on Mar. 31 to Apr. ...

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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 ...

Turn into the waves

By Brian Lockhart When I was in my final year of high school, our entire Grade 12 class entered the gym to view the movie ...

Minority reports

By Brock Weir Like many Canadians on Monday night, I eagerly awaited the results of three Federal byelections – two in the GTA and one ...

Monthly Message: A day in the life of a volunteer at the Alliston Food Bank

By Alliston Food Bank What does a day in the life of a volunteer at the Alliston Food Bank really look like? From the outside, ...

Hungary: The tide goes out

By Gwynne Dyer Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sent a message congratulating Hungary’s newly elected prime minister, Peter Magyar, for having evicted long-serving populist leader ...

Culture clash

By Brian Lockhart There is a rather famous video of a minor baseball game where parents in the stands are harassing the umpire. The umpire ...

Why bother? Here’s why.

By Brock Weir Easter is one of my favourite holidays. While the religious aspect is the main element of the observance, for many it’s a ...

Monthly Message: CONTACT Seniors Programs sees incredible success in the community

In an era when social isolation, especially among seniors, is a pressing issue, initiatives focused on free local programming and community engagement are more important ...