New Tecumseth Times

Procyon Wildlife urges residents to coexist with wildlife during spring season

By Brian Lockhart Procyon Wildlife has joined with seven other Ontario-based wildlife centres to raise awareness about the increasing number of baby animals being orphaned ...

New Tecumseth–Gwillimbury candidates respond to questions ahead of snap federal election

By Brian Lockhart With a hastily called federal election less than three weeks away, the New Tecumseth Times reached out to local candidates with a ...

Stevenson Memorial Hospital Auxiliary donates $13,870 to fund diagnostic equipment

By Brian Lockhart The Stevenson Memorial Hospital Foundation announced it received a donation of $13,870 from the Stevenson Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. This contribution will help fund ...

South Simcoe Theatre opens the spring season with production of ‘PIPPIN’

By Brian Lockhart The South Simcoe Theatre is opening the spring season with a revival of the 2013 Tony Award-winning musical “PIPPIN.” Based on the ...

Concert to commemorate lives of World War I soldiers at Grace Tipling Hall

By Paula Brown The month of April marks the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and there’s an opportunity to step back in time ...

Province proposes expansion of Strong Mayor Powers across nearly 170 municipalities

By Brian Lockhart The provincial government is proposing to expand Strong Mayor powers to the heads of council in 169 additional municipalities, effective May 1. ...

New Tecumseth mayor releases statement about U.S. tariffs

By Brian Lockhart The Town of New Tecumseth continues to draw a hard line when it comes to U.S. tariffs on Canadian products. Council has ...

Supply and demand

By Brian Lockhart Supply and demand – that’s the way the world works when it comes to the economy. If you produce a product or ...

Don’t worry, green innovations make things alright

By Louise Montague “Don’t worry about a thing, ‘cause every little thing gonna be alright,” sang Bob Marley in the 70s. But these days, there ...

Town encourages input from residents about representation boundaries

By Brian Lockhart The Town of New Tecumseth will be holding public meetings to garner input from residents about ward boundaries. Boundaries may change over ...

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My Sister’s Place reflects on decades of support for women and children

My Sister’s Place’s history, or as we like to call it, “her story,” began long before the shelter itself opened. We have served the ...

Courts are the last defence against tyranny

By Gwynne Dyer India and the United States are the world’s two biggest democracies, and both of them seem to be in danger. In each ...

If you build it…

By Brian Lockhart If you have been around long enough, you may remember the old TV show, WKRP in Cincinnati. Maybe you have seen it ...

Op-ed: Canada Post and the shuttering of community newspapers

The shuttering of Winnipeg’s Community Review means 200,000 households will no longer get the benefit of a free community newspaper delivered to their door. It ...

Power of (Dogeared) Pages

By Brock Weir I’ve never really been a morning person. Then again, I haven’t really been a coffee person until relatively recently, so maybe that ...

Home is where you make it

By Brian Lockhart My ideal day is around 78°F, no humidity at all, sunny, with the odd puffy cloud passing across the sun just to ...

Netanyahu’s remaining options

By Gwynne Dyer “The graveyards are full of indispensable men,” said former French Premier Georges Clemenceau about a century ago, and it’s still true. Israel’s ...

CONTACT and Friends of the New Tecumseth Library come together to spread some ‘Good Vibes!’

By Brenda Pufek In a world that continuously challenges our resilience, the power of community support shines even brighter. CONTACT Community Services and Friends of ...

Courage, conviction, and contrast

By Brock Weir It’s strange how as often as some folks like to claim “Canada’s broken,” followed by an incongruous laundry list of reasons to ...

Do we have water to spare?

Canada is one of the highest per capita water users in the world. We use more than twice as much as Europeans. We think of ...

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