Childhood Unplugged: Author Talk with Katherine Martinko
Thursday September 12, 6-7pm, L.E. Shore Library, Thornbury
South Georgian Bay author, Katherine Martinko, will be at L.E. Shore to discuss her first book Childhood Unplugged: Practical Advice to Get Kids Off Screens and Find Balance.
Katherine will talk about the importance of reclaiming childhood from devices and how to go about implementing a digital minimalist philosophy in your home with kids of all ages. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A, where listeners can ask questions and share their own experiences. RSVP to [email protected]
Indigenous Poetry Reading
Saturday, September 14, 2pm-3pm, L.E. Shore Library, Thornbury
Join us for a captivating afternoon with D.A. Lockhart, acclaimed poet from the Moravian of the Thames First Nation, as he presents his latest collection, North of Middle Island. Immerse yourself in a lyrical and epic journey through the rich culture and stunning landscapes of his heritage. RSVP to [email protected]
The Kayapo Story with Barbara Zimmerman
Thursday September 26, 7-8:30pm, L.E. Shore Library, Thornbury
The Arts & Culture Council for the Gallery at L.E. Shore is pleased to present Barbara Zimmerman and the Kayapo Story: Large Scale Amazon Forest Conservation with Indigenous Peoples.
After completing her MSc and PhD in tropical ecology, Barbara Zimmerman became involved with the struggle of the Kayapo Indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon to defend their traditional territory in the face of the rapidly advancing frontier.
Join us and hear the story of the Kayapo Project from Barbara L. Zimmerman, PhD, Officer of the Order of Canada (OOC), Director, Kayapo Project with The International Conservation Fund of Canada and Environmental Defense Fund (USA)
Entry by donation, Registration is required. RSVP to [email protected]
Wawahte Documentary Screening
Monday September 30, 3-4:30pm, L.E. Shore Library, Thornbury
Join us in honouring the children who never returned home and the survivors of the residential school system on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. We will be screening Wawahte, a film documentary highlighting stories of residential school survivors. This hour-long film documentary is a powerful and accessible presentation combining archival images with elements from the Wawahte audiobook. RSVP to [email protected]
Collingwood, ON [05 September 2024] – A must-see presentation – Art Xpress is back! We are thrilled to bring together for it’s second year at Art Crawl this live artmaking event for young and emerging artists. Artists will show off their creativity as they create a piece of artwork in just 20 minutes, at 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. respectively. During each 20-minute lightning round, the artists will be asked to create original works inspired by the music being played.
All ages are welcome, and as a thank you for taking part, each artist will receive a $50 Gift Card!
If you are interested in participating in Art Xpress, please email [email protected] or call 705-441-6088 to register your name and information. Space is limited so be sure to act now!
Registration closes: Wednesday, September 18th, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
This must-see event, sponsored by RBC Wealth Management Dominion Securities, will take place at Tremont Square, just east of the Collingwood Public Library.
About Art Crawl The Collingwood Art Crawl is an annual free, self guided art & music tour in the heart of downtown Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. Art Crawl takes place on Saturday, September 21st from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Learn more at www.collingwoodartcrawl.com.
It was a picture perfect evening on the shores of Georgian Bay as Desert Groove and Propter Hawk took to the stage to perform at the second annual Kenny’s Concert – all in support of the Team GIVE’R Foundation. 🤘
The concert was held at the iconic Shipyards Amphitheatre, home of Kenneth McAlpine’s memorial bench. The event welcomed a vibrant all ages audience as they took in an amazing sunset. Desert Groove was led by local lead singer Josh Gloster – who happens to be one of Team GIVE’Rs Mountain Bike GIVE’R Grant recipients and the high emerging rock band out of Toronto – Propter Hawk. Have a listen and I’m sure you will not forget the sensational voice of Malorie Jo Blake. The Team GIVE’R Foundation gives back to local youth striving to fulfil their passions in life, in honour of Kenneth McAlpine.
All proceeds support the Team GIVE’R Foundation and our mission to help local youth fulfill their passions in life. For more information on the foundation and our brand new youth competitive freeski team please visit teamgiver.ca Thank You!
Get ready for a weekend jampacked with animal shows, midway rides, truck and tractor pulls, homecraft exhibits, live music, children’s activities, delicious treats, and more!
Stay tuned for more details on tickets and event schedules!
Fleet-Wood Dancentre celebrates it’s 31st Anniversary of teaching dance in Collingwood. You can Register and be a part of their Nutcracker Ballet!, a full performance.
Registration Week starts Sept 3,4,5, from 4:00-6:00 pm at the studio located at 65 Simcoe Street, next to The Library.
You can also register online www.fleetwooddance.net. Variety of classes are available for the “once-a-week dancer” to those who want to study dance seriously. Ages 3 to teen! Adult Ballet classes are also available Monday and Thursday from noon to 1 pm.
Fleet-Wood is set to perform The Nutcracker Dec 8 at Meaford Hall adding a third performance at the Simcoe Street Theatre in late November. These dancers will also be performing mini-Nutcracker ballets in the windows of Downtown Collingwood during the Christmas Market. A tradition they enjoy sharing with the community.
Alumni and staff Sharron Fleet, Jonathan Fleet, and Sierra Maraj-Fleet will lead forty ballet students to bring the two-act Nutcracker to life. First performed in 1999 Fleet-Wood received the Robert Kemp Award which helped pay for the elaborate set and costumes for this favourite Christmas ballet.
Senior dancers will perform mini Nutcracker ballets this Saturday at the Collingwood Market from, 10 am to 1 pm. Sharron Fleet will be there to answer any questions!! Drop by!
Sharron Fleet, the Director, is looking for theatrical boys ages 9 to 11 who would like to act as soldiers and welcome new students ages 5 and up who would also like to dance with older students. Beginners welcomed!!
Thank you to Susanne Mikler for sharing this with us!
It’s the 50th anniversary of the Montreal Alouettes Grey Cup win in 1974. The team has been reunited to celebrate the amazing milestone.
Of course, not all alumni are returning for the celebration. Some are geographically isolated as far away as Hawaii and others are watching from another realm. It’s an event for the record books as fans watch the current team and meet their gridiron heroes from yesteryear.
Organizers have arranged an alumni meet and greet on the terrace of the Delta Hotel in downtown Montreal. Players, trainers, managers and guests are invited to toast the team from 1974. The energy in the air is amazing as teammates reunite and share their stories. It’s a pleasure to watch the expressions of joy and laughter as memories unfold. Mostly the alumni are retired and enjoying their golden years; some from coaching (Wally Buono) some from industry and among them are a senator (Larry Smith) and public figure (Peter DallaRiva).
All are transported back to their playing days when they are presented with authentic retro jerseys. And it’s interesting to note that most jerseys are not sized to 1974 levels; everyone has taken on a new shape.
The next day is game day and the alumni are asked to sign autographs before the game. All were taken aback to see the line ups for the autograph session. Fans were provided with retro postcards depicting the team. But most brought their own items to be signed including hats, jerseys, footballs and flags. The line up stretched for hours and did not wane. The alumni were kept busy the entire time.
Meanwhile, in the alumni vip tent, we were able to watch the pregame warm ups and see the 1974 team honoured on the jumbotron. The stadium was filling up to capacity. When the alumni returned to the tent it was just in time to sing Oh Canada in English and French. The game started and the fans were loud! The noise of air horns and vuvuzelas was deafening. The stadium literally hummed with excitement and sounds.
Just before half time the alumni were rounded up to head to the field alongside the Grey Cup trophy. The noise on the field was even more intense than in the stands. Hard to hear yourself think! And the lights were so bright! What a rush!!
Each alumni was welcomed onto the red carpet to gather on the field. The crowd was cheering wildly and clapping with enthusiasm. As we walked back to the tent we heard someone calling “Rudy”! Looking into the seating areas we spotted Liam Quinn. How awesome that he was there for this amazing opportunity to honour the 1974 team as his dad was such a big part of it all.
Back in the tent we watch the rest of the game and are thrilled that Montreal has pulled ahead and clinched a win. After the game the alumni is again invited to the field where fans are allowed to interact with players old and new. It’s a pleasure to watch the players enjoy their wins with fans.
A well organized and wonderful event. Kudos to the team responsible. Thanks to the alumni who participated. And thanks to Rudy for letting me be a part of it 🏈💗🏈
Trainer John, Rudy and Gary Chown as we enter the terraceSigning the flag for Rudy’s friend BennyRudy and Ed GeorgeRudy and Larry SmithRudy, Peter DallaRiva, Sonny Wade and team CEO Mark WeitmanThe new old jerseySigning Phil Price’s jerseyRudy and Doug SmithThe TeamRingsRudy and Wally BuonoAutograph sessionRudy and Skip EamonGetting ready for the presentationRudy and the Grey CupPost GameAutographsMore autographsThe old meet the newRed Batty and usWalking off the field
Much of the focus in trying to address climate breakdown is rightly on reducing emissions from burning gas, oil and coal. But an equally critical part of the equation is halting and reversing rampant destruction of the natural world.
Whether or not you believe our planet and its biosphere operates like a living organism — “Gaia,” as the late scientist James Lovelock called it — there’s no denying it constitutes a harmoniously balanced system, with natural cycles that have evolved to support human and other life forms.
From the hydrologic, or water cycle (whereby water cartwheels around the biosphere through evaporation, photosynthesis and precipitation) to the carbon cycle (in which carbon repeatedly moves from the atmosphere into Earth’s organisms and then back into the atmosphere), these intricately interconnected processes maintain an equilibrium that keeps temperatures and geological forces relatively stable and facilitates our existence.
When one cycle is thrown out of balance, it affects all the others. Burning gas, oil and coal releases carbon that has been absorbed through solar energy and compressed and stored over millennia. This increases atmospheric carbon levels, which creates a heat-trapping blanket around Earth, causing the global average temperature to rise rapidly. This in turn affects systems such as the hydrologic cycle, creating increased precipitation and flooding in some areas and drought in others.
Carbon is also stored in trees and other plants, and in oceans and wetlands. When forests and other green spaces are destroyed or altered, it affects the carbon and other cycles — as well as the myriad species that rely on these habitats.
It’s all interconnected.
“There is a double movement humanity must make,” said Susana Muhamad, president of the United Nations COP16 Biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, to be held in October. “The first one is to decarbonize and have a just energy transition. The other side of the coin is to restore nature and allow nature to take again its power over planet Earth so that we can really stabilize the climate.”
A Guardian article reports that the activities of a still-growing human population of more than eight billion has caused insect numbers to plummet, oceans to acidify and fill with plastic pollution and resources to rapidly become depleted. Animals and plants continue to go extinct at an alarming rate.
Scientists have been warning for years that we’re approaching a sixth mass extinction, representing the most significant loss of life since dinosaurs were wiped out.
In simple terms, resolving the climate crisis requires phasing out fossil fuels and cutting emissions. Addressing the biodiversity crisis involves protecting remaining natural areas and restoring those our activities have damaged or destroyed.
But achieving those outcomes requires an even greater shift: a shift in consciousness to facilitate new ways of thinking about economics and human wellbeing.
We can’t get out of the mess we’ve created using an outdated system based on endless growth and consumption — a system that prioritizes profit and measures progress by increases in gross domestic product, or GDP. We need ways to ensure people’s needs are met without destroying the natural systems that make life, good health and wellbeing possible.
It’s a dilemma because, in some respects, capitalism promotes innovation and technological advances — which are needed to resolve some of the most immediate problems. So, just as a transition from fossil fuel economies to more conservation-oriented ones using renewable energy is necessary, so too is a transition from profit-driven consumer capitalism to more benign forms and eventually to more enlightened systems altogether.
We need to use every available tool to halt and reverse the damage we’re wreaking on our planet and ourselves, but we must also stop placing humans at the centre of existence. We are part of nature and what we do to it we do to ourselves.
Many Indigenous Peoples have long understood this, but the current mainstream ideology of domination and exploitation has run roughshod over the kinds of knowledge that come from living in place and observing nature’s interconnectedness.
We need to shift to a society based on respect, responsibility and reciprocity.
David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with David Suzuki Foundation Senior Writer and Editor Ian Hanington.
The US-China superpower rivalry is on full display in Taiwan.
Beijing wants control of the island and is willing to use force to get it. Washington has been ambiguous about how it would respond but is expanding its military presence in the region. Taiwan is at the center of the US first island chain strategy to contain China. A standoff seems almost unavoidable. But what factors give the tiny island such an outsize importance for both superpowers? And why is neither side backing down? We speak to foreign policy experts Victor Gao (Center for China and Globalization) and David Sacks (Council on Foreign Relations) and find out what people in Taiwan think of the tensions.
Collingwood, ON [04 September 2024] – It is with deep sadness that I share the news of the passing of a beloved Town Crossing Guard, Ralph Allan Shand, following a medical emergency while on duty yesterday afternoon.
We are grateful for the quick actions of bystanders and the emergency response team that did all they could to help our staff member in his time of need.
Ralph was a valued member of our community, known in his role for his tremendous dedication to supporting children and community members in safely crossing our streets. Ralph will be deeply missed by his colleagues who had the pleasure of working alongside him.
During this difficult time, our thoughts and condolences are with Ralph’s family, friends, and loved ones.
Our Town Hall flag was lowered to half-mast at 9:00 a.m. in honour of Ralph.
Let us remember Ralph for serving his community with pride and for the positive impact he had in his work and life.
Yvonne Hamlin Mayor
Collingwood, ON [03 September 2024] – This afternoon a Town Crossing Guard experienced a medical emergency while on duty. They received immediate medical assistance and were transported to Collingwood General & Marine Hospital.
The incident occurred at approximately 4:15 p.m. at the corner of High Street and Chamberlain.
The staff member’s current condition is unknown, but we are thankful that they are being treated under professional medical supervision.
“We ask for the public’s understanding and respect for the individual and their family’s privacy at this time,” says Executive Director, Amanda Pegg. “The health and safety of our staff are of utmost importance to the Town, and we are grateful for the swift action of bystanders and the emergency response team involved.”
The Honeyrunners, Caliber & Lucca Mae 9:30pm – 2:30am
Tickets are $35 in advance via etransfer to [email protected] or $40 at the door. Free camping included.
Half price tickets for those attending Golden Leaves Fest @ Collingwood Brewery (for those that need an afterparty) Ticket stub needed for the half off deal.
The evening starts with the multi talented Lucca Mae followed by the incredibly funky Caliber and then the evening closes with The Honeyrunners offering their usual amazingly soulful and funky signature sound of tasty grooves and top notch harmonies.
