Editorial

Dear Santa, It has been a while since I have written to you. For nearly a decade I managed to get a letter to you each year, but the past few years I haven't thought to write. But since you'll be stopping by on Saturday, December 6, as part of the Kinsmen Club's annual Santa Claus parade, I thought I...

If you are in the downtown area of this municipality over the coming days, you will see the area being transformed into a festive wonderland as volunteers work to create a traditional European-style outdoor market as part of the Christmas on the Bay event. Sparkling lights and holiday wreaths will be hung from lamp standards, and downtown business owners...

Last year this municipality celebrated the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the former Town of Meaford, and next year marks the 25th anniversary of the amalgamation of the former Townships of Sydenham and St. Vincent with the former Town of Meaford, creating what is known today as the Municipality of Meaford. During Monday's council meeting, $56,000 was earmarked with...

Winter is still more than a month away, but on Monday of this week we had a small taste of what is to come, and it serves as a reminder that it is time to get prepared for the season before cold and snowy weather arrives in full force. My Monday morning walk to the office was a chilly, windy,...

As it is each year, across Canada Remembrance Day will be observed on Tuesday, November 11. The second World War ended in 1945, 80 years ago. Most of the folks who would be old enough to remember that war as it was taking place are no longer with us, and the few that remain are in ever smaller numbers as...

The end of October is here, and for many that means it is time for Halloween. This year has seemed to move along quickly, for me at least, and it is hard to believe that Halloween is already upon us, leaving just two months before the calendar will flip to 2026. On Friday evening doorbells will ring and costumed children...

Autumn is a busy time of year for many as we shift away from the warm summer months, while preparing for the chilly winter months to come. Autumn is a time for raking leaves and putting outdoor furniture away; it is a time for swapping summer tires for snow tires, and for hauling the warm winter gear out of storage...

For many in this community, the recent news that the Bluewater District School Board (BWDSB) has submitted a business case to the Ministry of Education for a new school in Meaford will be a cause for an emphatic 'we told you so', as from the moment Meaford's $29.6 million dollar 'super school' opened in 2021, combining students from two...

After a hugely successful and highly attended Scarecrow Invasion & Family Festival, along with the ever popular Apple Harvest Craft Show last weekend, we are now heading into the Thanksgiving long weekend. Though last week was unseasonably warm and free of rain, as I write this column in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the temperature has dropped significantly,...

October has arrived, autumn is in full swing, the leaves are beginning to change colour, and this weekend Meaford's Big Fall Weekend arrives, which means it is time for the ever popular Scarecrow Invasion & Family Festival along with the Apple Harvest Craft Show. Over the past few weeks you have no doubt noticed the numerous scarecrow displays married with...