New Tecumseth Times

County of Simcoe launches Paramedic for a Day contest

By Brian Lockhart County of Simcoe Paramedic Services is once again hosting the Paramedic for a Day contest in commemoration of Paramedic Services Week, May ...

Town of New Tecumseth welcomes new CAO

By Brian Lockhart The Town of New Tecumseth has a new Chief Administrative Officer. Neil Garbe will join the Town effective June 3, 2024. With ...

Junior C hockey moves into semi-final Schmalz Cup series

By Brian Lockhart Four teams remain in the Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) as the Provincial Schmaltz Cup playoff series goes through the best-of-seven semi-final ...

Provincial and federal governments subsidize Honda for creation of new EV production facilities

By Brian Lockhart Honda will invest $15 billion in Canada to create an electric-vehicle supply chain, including four manufacturing plants. The project will be subsidized ...

Compost available at County waste facilities

By Brian Lockhart Residents of Simcoe County will be able to purchase compost at all County waste facilities from May 6 to May 25, 2024 ...

Phones in the classroom

By Brian Lockhart If you have ever been in a conversation with someone and their phone rings, and they answer it, you know what an ...

Stevenson Memorial Hospital and the global impact of insulin

By Dr. Ted Vandevis On a crisp spring day, April 14, 1854, Margaret Grant entered the world as the first baby born to modest farming ...

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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 ...