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Meaford council has given approval to a zoning amendment request submitted by the owners of the former Georgian Bay Secondary School property on St. Vincent Street, who plan to turn the facility into a private college. The former school property was purchased in the summer of 2023, and the new owners said at the time that they planned to establish a trade school, named the Toronto Excellence College, including on-site dormitories with 79 units on the property. The proposal has...

The Meaford Culture Foundation has subsidized violin lessons this year, and six children between the ages of 6 and 10 completed the beginner program, receiving their certificates with great pride and fanfare. The violin is an extraordinarily challenging instrument to learn and these kids did an amazing job of sticking with it. There is a lot to think about with this instrument. There are no frets like a guitar. The first step is learning to hold the violin and bow...