New Tecumseth Times

OPP calls for safe choices this holiday week: Drive sober, stay alert, buckle up

By Brian Lockhart During Canada Day week, many Ontario residents will be on the roads and highways as they travel to cottages and other holiday ...

Police issue reminder on proper usage of Barrie-Collingwood Rail Trail In Angus

The Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind residents and visitors that the Barrie Collingwood Rail Trail (BCRY) is designated ...

The façade of our national story

We were given two choices on how to mark a time in our lives apparently well-spent: a trip to Quebec City or a trip to ...

Province raising speed limits on most provincial highways

By Brian Lockhart The Ontario government is raising the speed limit on an additional 938 kilometres of provincial highways. The speed limit will increase from ...

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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 ...