Local News And Current Events
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Collingwood Farmer’s Market and long for its return all through the winter months. Finally, it’s back for its 9th season tomorrow. Rain or shine, the market takes place in the Pine Street parking lot at the corner of Pine and Second streets downtown. You can meet the local growers and [...]
That’s the topic I’ll be discussing this week-end in a radio interview with Derrick Scott. It airs on 97.7 The Beach radio on Saturday at 8:00 am and again on Sunday at 6:00 pm. I hope you’ll tune in and then let me know what you thought!
According to the newly released “sunshine list,” about 40 people in our region earned in excess of $100,000 last year including several municipal and hospital employees plus a couple of police officers and Conservation Authority employees. The Town of Collingwood led the way with 13 names on the list followed by Wasaga Beach with 11, [...]
I was not surprised to read this statistic because the trend has been clear for the past decade. Global news posted an interesting video and story on this topic yesterday and they conclude that retirees are lured to the area by the fun, four season lifestyle we have here in Collingwood. A look at the [...]
In this series of blog posts, we’ll reveal the entirely-not-boring-and-surprisingly-interesting results of the latest 2011 Census for the areas of Collingwood, Blue Mountains, Clearview, Wasaga Beach and Meaford. Phew. First of all, the StatCan website tells us: “Canada’s 2011 Census held on May 10, 2011 counted 33,476,688 persons. Between 2006 and 2011, Canada’s population grew [...]
