Jeff Woods and the MSC are proud to jointly present ‘ZED’ (Canada’s #1 Led Zeppelin Tribute Band) for a special Winter Birthday Banger. Back by popular demand, ZED will transport you to the timeless sounds of pure 70’s rock and the magical aura of the Led Zeppelin live experience.
Jan 18, 2025, 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM at The Marsh Street Centre
Clarksburg, 187 Marsh St, Clarksburg, ON N0H 1J0, Canada
ZED is dedicated to recreating the iconic Led Zeppelin experience, delivering powerful performances that capture the essence of one of rock’s greatest bands. With a commitment to authenticity and passion for the music, ZED brings the legendary sound of Led Zeppelin to life.
What to Expect from ZED
Authentic Sound: Experience the classic hits performed with precision and energy.
Dynamic Performances: Each show is a high-energy tribute that engages and entertains.
Iconic Stage Presence: The band emulates the charisma and stagecraft of Led Zeppelin.
Setlist Highlights
Stairway to Heaven
Kashmir
Whole Lotta Love
Rock and Roll
Dazed and Confused
Join Us for a Night of Rock
Whether you are a lifelong fan of Led Zeppelin or new to their music, ZED promises an unforgettable experience that pays homage to the legendary band. Come and relive the magic of Led Zeppelin with us!
If you are a “citiot” or just a fan of the creative scene of downtown Toronto you may miss the great Indie bars that show new, emerging artists. Going down for a show is a trip…… in a bad way.
Taps and Tunes (TnT) has been standing at the entrance of downtown, waving and trying to get attention, politely suggesting: “Maybe you don’t have to go to the city”?
On a Sunday night in Collingwood before the holiday season; Cold; Rainy; football on TV; 3 bands fronted by Women warmed us by ‘burning down the house’* at Taps and Tunes!!!
Sunday isn’t the usual night out, but you don’t get 3 acts that are this accomplished into CW on those nights, kids!
Let me tell you what you missed.
New original music! Full-time Toronto based touring bands you would see on West Queen.
Multi- Instrumentalist Sarah Fazackerly has played downtown venues like The Danforth, Riv, and Lee’s in various bands. Lately she has spent a bit of time around here playing solo and collaborating around CW but is in the middle taking a massive jump into the fire as the new lead singer for explosive funk/horn band My Son the Hurricane, one of the ‘next’ Canadian bands. Sarah’s showed us the power and passion she is going to bring to the big show although her solo work is a different feel from her work in MSTH; imagine Alanis solo. Many in the crowd made that ‘knowing’ nod to each other. What a privilege. Taps & friends say bon voyage!
Altered by Mom were completing their most recent tour with their co-headliners and pending drop of their next album. Fronted by Gina Kennedy, vivacious, ironic and with tons of attitude! Her life and musical partner Devon Lougheed is also a producer and brooding intellectual by my assessment (when confronted, he did not dispute this). Add rock steady beat by Max Trefler, touted (for that is the appropriate word!) as the best drummer in Ontario, and you have an indie powerhouse that will be appearing on bills across Canada during the festival season. They had us dancing and smiling and clearly the band really enjoyed themselves on that little stage. Music is supposed to “make you feel some kind of way” and their way was happy!
Goodnight Sunrisetook the stage after warming up by dancing to ABMom! The favour was duly returned by ABMom! With the evening ‘progressing’ (an extra round surely!), things got more animated yet, but in the best way possible! The power couple fronting this high energy band is Vanessa Vakharia on keytar and David Kochberg on guitar, sharing vocals. It’s a 5 piece that can verge from punk to Floyd which the Dr. thinks they should explore for the right situations. There was jumping, monitor climbing, adapted stage diving and other thoroughly wonderful stagecraft.
All of these wonderful musicians came and gave us the greatest time and in turn enjoyed their visit to TnT. With continued support this local scene is building. Don’t miss the next one!
Keep an eye open for these bands on your music service and across Canada. A great time for a $20 at the door and home by 11. Taps. The Vibe is special.
Collingwood, ON [18 December 2024] – The Town of Collingwood is pleased to announce the launch of Phase 2 of the Short-Term Accommodation (“STA”) Licensing Service on January 6, 2025.
Under the new STA Licensing By-law 2024-078, two new licensing options, Class B and C Licences, will be introduced to support residents interested in operating a STA while addressing community concerns. Phase 2 aims to return non-principal residence STAs to the long-term housing market and provides enhanced enforcement tools to better manage concerns such as noise, parking, and other neighbourhood issues.
As of January 6, 2025, the STA Licensing Service will include the following three licence classes: Class A – Guest Room STA Licence
Must be located in a single detached dwelling
The single detached dwelling must be the Licensee’s principal residence (i.e., where they primarily reside and conduct their daily affairs)
The Licensee may be the property owner or a long-term tenant (with the owner’s written authorization)
At least one bedroom in the single detached dwelling must be for the Licensee
A maximum of 2 renters per guest room, with up to 3 guest rooms available for rent
Class B – Principal Residence STA Licence
Must be located in a single detached dwelling
The single detached dwelling must be the Licensee’s principal residence (i.e., where they primarily reside and conduct their daily affairs)
The Licensee may be the property owner or a long-term tenant (with the owner’s written authorization)
A maximum of 2 renters per guest room, with a total maximum occupancy of 8 persons
The Licensee is not required to be on site during the rental
Class C – Additional Residential Dwelling Unit STA Licence
Must be located in an attached or detached additional residential unit on the same lot as a single detached dwelling
The single detached dwelling must be the Licensee’s principal residence (i.e., where they primarily reside and conduct their daily affairs)
The Licensee must be the property owner
A maximum of 2 renters per guest room, with a total maximum occupancy 8 persons
The Licensee may be on-site in the single detached dwelling during the rental
How to Apply Starting January 6, 2025, residents interested in applying for a STA Licence can access application materials, documents and resources through the Town’s STA Licensing Service webpage: https://www.collingwood.ca/stalicensing.
To avoid delays in processing, please ensure the application includes all required documents in full before submission. Incomplete or missing documents may result in delays in processing the application.
Please note that the Town has established a cap of 200 licences, which will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis.
Municipal Accommodation Tax Council has approved the introduction of a Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) effective March 1, 2025. The 4% MAT will apply to all accommodation providers, including hotels, motels, resorts, and licensed STAs, inclusive of bed and breakfasts, in Collingwood, for stays of 28 days or less. This initiative supports the Town’s efforts to enhance sustainable tourism by generating additional revenue for tourism-related activities and projects.
More details about the MAT, including how it applies to STAs and how to remit the tax, will be available soon. Stay tuned for updates.
Canada could retaliate against President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs by shutting down energy flows to the United States, a top Canadian official, Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, warned.
(WASAGA BEACH, ON) – Mobile Crisis Response Teams (MCRTs) that integrate police officers are proving to be invaluable assets in enhancing community safety and well-being. These specialized teams respond to mental health and substance use crises, offering a more humane and effective alternative to traditional law enforcement responses.
By combining the expertise of mental health professionals with the skills and resources of law enforcement, MCRTs deliver several key benefits:
· Enhanced Safety: The presence of a trained officer ensures the safety of all individuals involved, including the person in crisis, the team members, and the surrounding community.
· Improved De-escalation: The combined expertise of mental health professionals and police officers allows for more effective de-escalation strategies, reducing the risk of violence or escalation.
· Legal Guidance: Police officers provide essential legal expertise, ensuring that all actions taken by the team comply with relevant laws and regulations.
· Community Trust: The presence of a familiar police officer can help build trust with individuals in crisis who may be hesitant to engage with mental health professionals alone.
MCRTs contribute significantly to the overall well-being of the community by:
· Diverting individuals from the criminal justice system: MCRTs help prevent unnecessary arrests and incarceration of individuals with mental health conditions, addressing their needs through appropriate support services.
· Reducing the burden on emergency services: By effectively addressing mental health crises in the community, MCRTs reduce the strain on emergency rooms and hospitals.
· Improving access to mental health care: MCRTs connect individuals in crisis with essential community resources, such as treatment centres, support groups, and housing assistance.
· Promoting a more humane and compassionate response: MCRTs prioritize the well-being of individuals in crisis, promoting a more humane and compassionate approach to mental health challenges within the community.
MCRTs offer a valuable service to the community by effectively addressing mental health crises, enhancing community safety, and promoting a more just and equitable society.
Thank you to our Mobile Crisis Response Teams everywhere for your invaluable service.
For safety and crime prevention tips, please visit our website at www.opp.ca.
The Ontario Provincial Police is committed to public safety, delivering proactive and innovative policing in partnership with our communities.
Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss finance minister Chrystia Freeland’s abrupt resignation hours before this week’s fall economic statement was to be presented, and whether this marks the beginning of the end of the Trudeau government.
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Please see the attached file prepared by the Canadian Anti Fraud Centre raising awareness of the ever increasing number of Holiday Frauds – simply titled HOLIDAY FRAUD ALERT
No matter your level of cyber fitness, fraudsters will stop at nothing to steal from their victims. Your best protection against cyber threats is to learn more about them and the simple steps you can take to protect yourself.
Anyone who suspects they have been the victim of cybercrime or fraud should report it to their local police and to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre’s online reporting system or by phone at 1-888-495-8501. If not a victim, report it to the CAFC anyway.
Our final day of the trip is spent in Paris. First we get breakfast in the hotel (which by the way is gorgeous!) if we can make it there …. What a line up!
The hotel is very modern (fits in well with an area of Paris that is totally different from the rest) and the technology employed in every department is very interesting. For example, at the elevator bank you tap your room key in the panel and it tells you what elevator (A through H) to get on. There are no floor buttons on the elevator so you get to stop only at your room. Sorry kids!! There’s a robot in the restaurant to collect dirty dishes. Lights in your room come on once you insert your room key into the light slot. When you leave and take your key all lights turn off. There are no dials in the shower; it’s a push button select for either the rainfall ceiling head or the wand. There is an iPad in the room which controls everything and provides hotel info as well as tourist info, menus and translation.
We are on the 20th floor and can see the Sacre Coeur from our window (when the fog lifts)
Rudy gets a quick bite and in no time we are back on the bus for a panoramic city tour with a guide. Our guide, Magnus, is from Sweden. His English is good, but I find it a bit odd that a foreigner is the guide. Once he gets going it’s interesting information because he includes tidbits like how to order a coffee. That may sound simple enough but what you think you order and what you get are often very different. He also reviewed how not to annoy the service staff in coffee shops: order and change your mind, order takeout but eat in, don’t say “bonjour”, invite your friends to use the toilets (which are pay facilities unless you’re in a restaurant) .. I think he was speaking from experience.
Paris is an amazing city and we certainly only scratched the surface. Rudy’s not an art guy, so we skipped the Louvre again. But here’s what our tour covered:
The bus returns us to the hotel and we do a quick stop to gather ourselves. I’ve booked us on a private walking tour of the St Germaine and Latin Quarter areas for the afternoon. There’s a company which connects local guides with tourists. They have the ability to customize itineraries and group sizes.
I’ve booked us with Welly. A young (33) hipster who lives in Paris. In fact, he tells us that he completed high school near our hotel. His English is impeccable since he did a year of school in the USA. We was studying accounting when he realized it was not for him and he took up touring people 4 years ago.
We have arranged to meet him at our hotel and we head off promptly and make our way to the subway. He shows us how to purchase tickets and navigate the system. We are only going three stops, but it’s fascinating to see how the system works. Especially since we are only familiar with the Toronto system which is, in comparison, a very small operation.
Once off the subway we head into the fresh air of St Germaine. It’s the area where artists and writers used to congregate and hole up at the plentiful cafes. On line they are memorialized as artsy hangouts from yesteryear, but Welly let’s us know they are now mostly tourist traps.
Our first stop is a church. I think Rudy’s seen more churches than he cares to!Set amongst the marbles and statues are the memorial plaques for church donors.The limestone architecture is prevalentThere’s a local artist who paints video game images on tiles and sticks them around the city. The game is to find them all … over 1500 to be foundEating, drinking and smoking (lots of smoking) is a favourite pastime of the locals. The government outlawed all patio heaters but restaurateurs are finding sneaky loopholes.Welly takes us for a sweet treatWelly shows us a very interesting little alleyway from medieval timesApparently a young Napoleon are here and left his hat as a promise to pay. The hat remains inside to this day. While some exteriors have been restored, you can still see the beams and original plaster inside many places.The chocolatiers and patisseries are irresistibleThe Odeon theatre 🎭Scattered around the area are plaques and other memorials places to remember those who gave their lives to France; this a young man in the resistanceThe Luxembourg Gardens surround the legislative chambers. The garden and the building (one a palace) were commissioned by Catherine Medici but she died before their completionBeer breakTraffic consists of pedestrians, bikes, scooters, segways, cars, strollers, vans, trucks and transit vehicles. Locals mostly don’t have cars – there’s no where to park!PantheonYou can see where the windows were filled inLaw schoolSte GenevieveApparently these stairs are featured in the movie: Midnight in ParisThe oldest tree in ParisIconic bookstore
And with that we end our tour … so long Paris. Until we meet again 🇫🇷💗
Collingwood, ON [16 December 2024] – The Town has restructured the Engineering, Public Works, and Environmental Services Department with a new simplified name – the Infrastructure Department, effective January 1, 2025.
“Recognizing the size and pace of growth in infrastructure and development, the large projects and budgets, and the workload this is creating, Council approved additional resources, including one new leadership position for this Department,” says Sonya Skinner, Chief Administrative Officer. This presented an opportunity for the reorganization and redistribution of services provided under the department, including roads, active transportation, stormwater, as well as water and wastewater from three to four divisions. The new divisions and their primary service focus are:
Growth and Development will lead growth planning, master plans, and development applications review and administration. Amber Leal started with the Town as the Manager, Growth and Development on Dec 2, 2024.
Infrastructure Projects will lead asset management, capital plans, and major capital projects delivery, including the $270M Water Treatment Plant expansion. Ken Kaden was promoted to the position of Infrastructure Project Manager.
Public Works will lead the operation and maintenance of roads, active transportation, stormwater, sanitary laterals and mains. The division will also manage minor capital projects delivery related to these services, right-of-way policies and permits, utility locates, stormwater and soil compliance and transit. Daniel Cole has been the Manager, Public Works for over five years and will continue to lead this team.
Water & Wastewater will lead the operation and maintenance of the full water system (i.e., treatment, reservoirs and water pipes) and wastewater treatment plant, and holds the responsibility of meeting regulatory compliance of the water and wastewater systems. The division will also manage minor capital projects, delivery related to these services, backflow and sewage use by-law compliance, and water/wastewater billing. Peggy Slama, current Director of Public Works, Engineering and Environmental Services, will fill the new role of Manager, Water & Wastewater and lead the operational teams in water and wastewater treatment. As part of this transition, Peggy will also be the Project Manager for the Town’s Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion, a major project for which a Class EA study will commence in 2025.
“These changes are designed to clarify authority for decisions and actions, improve communication, streamline processes, and enable quicker customer service response times. In addition, this reorganization creates new opportunities for professional growth and development within our Town team,” notes Skinner.
“We are very proud of the Water Treatment Plant expansion that is in flight and are turning our attention to our Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion, which is estimated to be worth up to $300M, and which will continue into the 2030s. We need a strong and experienced leader for it, and I have asked Peggy Slama to focus on this large project,” notes Skinner. “We are recruiting a Director of Infrastructure to oversee the Infrastructure Department. This recruitment has commenced, and Peggy has graciously continued to lead the entire portfolio through this transition period. I’m so proud to lead a progressive staff team as we grow, continue to become a more sophisticated and efficient organization, and continue to support a vibrant and successful Town.”
Unidentified objects, thought to be drones, have been spotted around military bases and secure facilities around the country for the last week.
Some Americans have taken it upon themselves to try and identify them as officials downplay their threat. Warren Unmanned Aircraft Systems Chief Pilot and Warren County Community College President, Will Austin, discusses what they could be and more
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