New Tecumseth Times

March is #ITSTARTS Month in Simcoe County

By Brian Lockhart The County of Simcoe officially launched the 2026 #ITSTARTS campaign, as Simcoe County Wardan Basil Clarke proclaimed the month of March as ...

International Women’s Day to be celebrated worldwide on March 8

By Brian Lockhart International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also calls for ...

Hornets win first round with four-game sweep over Huntsville

The Alliston Hornets have advanced to the second round of the North Carruthers Division after a four-game sweep over the Huntsville Otters in their quarter-final ...

Knights of Columbus host Free Throw District Championships

By Brian Lockhart The Knights of Columbus held their 56th annual Free Throw District Championships at Holy Family School in Alliston on Saturday, Feb. 14. ...

Expression of Interest issued by New Tecumseth for proposed Trades & Technology Training Centre

By Brian Lockhart The Town of New Tecumseth is taking an important step toward strengthening the local workforce by issuing an Expression of Interest (EOI) ...

Trillium grant helps CONTACT Community Services expand volunteer programs

By Brian Lockhart CONTACT Community Services received a Resilient Communities Fund grant of $151,600 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, which has helped the organization to ...

Coldest Night of the Year walk raises nearly $88,000 for local homeless shelter

By Brian Lockhart The Coldest Night of the Year walk, hosted by S.H.I.F.T., took place in Alliston on Friday, Feb. 28, beginning at Alliston Memorial ...

Alliston Food Bank launches Seniors Fresh Meal Pilot Program

By Brian Lockhart The Alliston Food Bank has launched a new Seniors’ Fresh Meal Pilot Program. In partnership with Banting Memorial High School, this new ...

Change you can set your watch to

By Brock Weir I’ve never had the best of lucks with clocks. From the time I first set foot in a school setting at the ...

Women’s Day

By Brian Lockhart The ‘world’ will be celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8. International Women’s Day is celebrated globally as a day to celebrate ...

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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 ...