New Tecumseth Times

Techie Nesters will host a second session for seniors in Alliston

By Brian Lockhart After a successful inaugural information session in Tottenham on July 11, Techie Nesters will host a second session in Alliston in August ...

Norcross exercises strong mayor powers to approve official plan amendment

By Brian Lockhart The Town of New Tecumseth’s Official Plan Amendment 5 (OPA 5) has been approved after Mayor Richard Norcross invoked strong mayor powers ...

Russell deCarle returning to Beeton for one-night performance

By Brian Lockhart You may remember Russell deCarle from his days as lead singer and bassist with the Prairie Oyster band. During his tenure with ...

New Tecumseth mayor calls for balanced growth across Alliston, Beeton, and Tottenham

By Brian Lockhart With the province announcing intentions for the Town of New Tecumseth to grow, there has been a lot of debate about where ...

Local cyclist to ride 500 km for SickKids Foundation

By Brian Lockhart For the second year in a row, New Tecumseth resident Vikram Bhangoo is taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge Canada, riding ...

Essa-based Sweetiez Cookies: Not your average cookie

By Brian Lockhart If you have a sweet tooth and like a good cookie every now and then, you will really enjoy Sweetiez giant stuffed ...

Police renew appeal for information in Highway 90 hit and run

By Brian Lockhart It has been one year since a fatal fail-to-remain collision in Innisfil claimed the life of a 35-year-old woman from Richmond Hill, ...

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 ...

Senior Mansfield Cubs defeat Clarksburg Blues in North Dufferin Baseball League

By Brian Lockhart It was a good night for the Mansfield Senior Cubs when they hosted the Clarksburg Blues on the diamond at Mansfield Community ...

OPP lay nearly 40 charges during Canada Day enforcement initiative

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) laid 39 charges and issued 32 warnings during a Canada Day marine enforcement initiative aimed at improving safety on Central ...

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Laugh early and often

By Brock Weir It was hard to settle into my seat after a particularly active, hectic day – and one that had a bit of ...

CMHA, Oak Valley Health expand services for treatment-resistant depression

By Brock Weir Depression can often be treated through psychotherapy and medication, but for those living with treatment-resistant depression, finding relief can be just out ...

How hot is it?

By Brian Lockhart Predicting the weather has become a very accurate process over the past 20 or so years – maybe longer. Thanks to Doppler ...

August is prime time for accessing seasonal produce at farmer’s markets

How often have you thrown out produce you bought only a few days ago? One of the best ways to avoid that waste is to ...

Russia: Home of the Potemkin nuclear weapons?

By Gwynne Dyer There’s a lot of performative militarism in Russia at the moment, which is unsurprising given that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is ...

Perseverance

By Brian Lockhart There are people who like to fly under the radar and not really accomplish a whole lot in life. Others take a ...

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 ...

July 2026 Archive