Owners of Blue Mountain real estate, especially investment condos and chalets, will be interested in this Public Notice issued by the Town of the Blue Mountains regarding the Ontario Municipal Board Hearing about Short Term Accommodation Uses. At the heart of the issue are the proposed further regulations, in the Blue Mountains, which restrict short-term rentals. According to [...]
After 26 years of trying and over 10 different temporary locations, it’s exciting to know that construction will soon get under way on Georgian College’s new, permanent Collingwood campus. The $4.3 million facility will be a 20,000 square foot facility housing nine classrooms, an e-lab, two computer labs, a multi-functional health sciences lab, a student [...]
Thornbury is a very busy place these days. Thanks to some government stimulus dollars, the new Town Hall, which is located just east of the bridge on Hwy 26, is under construction. And so is the bridge itself. While I was stopped (for a full six minutes) due to traffic back up from the bridge [...]
In Ontario, first-time home buyers may be eligible for a refund of land transfer taxes to a maximum of $2,000. The refund can be claimed at the time of registration to offset the tax ordinarily payable at the time or, buyers can claim their refund directly from the Ontario Ministry of Revenue if they do [...]
It’s official, Elvis is in the building. Okay, maybe that’s not quite true and it would be more accurate to say that a bunch of Elvii impersonators have arrived for Collingwood’s 16th annual Elvis Festival. The fun starts tonight with a pub crawl. While many locals flee the town for this week-end, I’m sticking around [...]
Wordstock, Collingwood’s new literary festival, will kick off on Friday, September 10th with an opening night gala at the Gayety Theatre. During a live show, the audience will experience performers stretching their usual boundaries in sets that will interpret words through storytelling, theatre, songwriting, poetry, music and visual arts. It is something very unique for [...]
Last week, just a few hours before the “soft opening” of the new Collingwood Shipyards, I parked my car and walked up around the barricades to see what was in store. Wow. Wow, wow, wow! For the first time in over 100 years, Collingwood residents are about to get their waterfront back. The new master [...]
Wordstock, Collingwood’s new literary festival, is being held downtown on September 10-11 this year with quite a line-up of events planned. All Saturday events are FREE for this inaugural event but note that advance registration is required for some with tickets available online starting July 1st on a first-come, first-served basis. One of the showcase events [...]
Collingwood has a stunning new library. The noted historic downtown is undergoing a revitalization facelift. The Town has an affinity for all things cultural and a long history of mounting special events. So why not celebrate all that and more in a new festival? Those were my thoughts after a chance meeting at a dinner [...]
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