The Elmvale Maple Syrup Festival has been running on the last Saturday of April for every year since 1966, attracting scores of vendors and visitors alike to join in the festivities. This year, the festival was event larger, with roughly 200 vendors and between 30-40 000 visitors flocking to the ...

Beer & Books is a series that has been running for the past six years in joint effort between Curiosity House Books and Creemore Springs Brewery. The event encourages readers from across the region to come together for readings and open discussions with renowned authors and novelists. The spring ...

Easter Eggstravaganza is a family friendly festive celebration that draws thousands of visitors from Wasaga Beach and surrounding areas each year. Highlights of this year’s event were the outdoor Easter egg hunt, photos with the Easter Bunny, activities like bouncy castles, bingo, and colouring c...

As the seasons change, residents from around the region are getting excited to begin their spring renovations, landscaping, and gardening. The Home & Garden Show, put on by the Wasaga Beach Lions Club, is always a popular event that helps get those spring projects off the ground, and this year wa...

The Collingwood Legion hosted a Pop Culture Canada ComiCon event for lovers of all things comics, anime, trading cards, and more. The ComiCon featured over twenty vendors and welcomed hundreds of visitors from around the local region for a day of cosplay, celebration, and entertainment.

Visitors...

With spring just around the corner, the Town of Wasaga Beach is eager to get families in the community feeling excited about the changing seasons. The Town’s Recreation department hosted its second annual Wild Wasaga; a family friendly event designed to give kids the chance to participate in a va...

Meaford is rife with talented, tenacious, and successful women in business, and the Culture Foundation is committed to amplifying their voices and uniting the community. For the third year in a row, the Meaford Culture Foundation hosted its International Women’s Day event, featuring a women-owned...

Health and wellness takes many forms, and at the Holistic Healing Fair, alternative medicine, mindfulness practices, and non-traditional healing techniques claims centre stage.

Hundreds of people flocked to the Georgian Bay Hotel to learn, participate in workshops and demonstrations, and add to ...

The Western Ontario Darts Association (WODA) unites dart players from across the province, and Simcoe County has one of the largest and strongest communities of players. WODA is in the midst of running its zone tournaments in different locations, and players are competing for the chance to play o...

Blue Mountain has been hosting its Pride weekend for eight years now, and this year promises more fun and festivities than ever.

Pride Blue Mountain, put on by Blue Mountain Resort and the Blue Mountain Village Association, typically runs at the end of February, and the weekend is stacked with ...

32 teams skied around the clock at Blue Mountain Resort to raise money for Special Olympics Ontario and the Blue Mountain Foundation. 24h BLUE MTN features an action-packed day & night of recreation filled with exhilarating outdoor thrills, warm music, great food, good spirits. Teams comprised of...

Cross country ski and orienteering enthusiasts gathered together for a ski orienteering race at Highlands Nordic. The race, put on by the national orienteering club DontGetLost Adventure Running, was organized as a trial event as DontGetLost co-founder and race course setter Mark Tarnopolsky sets...

Climbers Corner in Collingwood is committed to growing and nurturing its enthusiastic community of rock climbers, and for the second year in a row the gym hosted its official competition. Rock’n’Rope attracts not only local Climbers Corner members, but climbers of all ages and experience levels f...

The Halfpipe is a snowboarding discipline that is becoming harder to learn every year. Currently, Apline Ski Club is one of only two clubs in Canada that has a Halfpipe, and it’s the only one open in Ontario. Because of this, some people; particularly young snowboarders, have never even seen a Ha...

Winterblast is an annual event in support of Hospice Georgian Triangle and Royal LePage Shelter Foundation. The event embraces the beauty of winter through outdoor activities, guided mindfulness experiences and self care. This is event is presented by Royal LePage Locations North as part of the ...

The Sunnidale Winterama has brought residents of New Lowell and surrounding communities together for 50 years to reconnect with old friends and celebrate winter in Clearview township. This year, its 50th anniversary included a variety of children’s programming, the beloved Snowmageddon snowmobile...

One of the manor highlights of the annual Sunnidale Winterama is the Snowmobile Show. Visitors from near and far gather to learn about snowmobile history, take vintage skidoos for test rides, and compete in the various friendly competitions.

This year, the event featured a stunning array of sle...

Each year, the Town of Collingwood and its council host the Mayor’s Levee; a celebration of the Town’s accomplishments in the previous year, along with the annual Order of Collingwood presentations.

Hosted by Mayor Hamlin, the event featured four award recipients as well as one companion to the ...

The Wasaga Beach Figure Skating Club welcomed friends, family, and visitors to its annual Christmas Gala. This event showcased skaters from a variety of classes and levels, including synchro teams and solo competitors. The Gala offers skaters an opportunity to perform programs they have already u...

The Creative Collingwood Symposium is in its 6th year, and this year’s theme was all about the Business of Art.

Keynote speaker Heather Travis delivered a practical, inspiring presentation designed to help artists in business harness their entrepreneurial skills to improve their business sense....

The Stayner Minor Hockey Association ran a unique fundraiser that featured an exhibition game of blind hockey. The Toronto Ice Owls took to the ice in front of hundreds of curious fans to demonstrate the sport and inspire spectators. Aside from the game, there was also a raffle draw and a silent ...

Kittypalooza is the chance for people looking to adopt cats or kittens from the GTHS at a reduced cost. The Humane Society runs this event ahead of the winter season in order to clear their shelter in anticipation of the influx of surrendered and rescued cats and kittens that they receive each ye...

The Wasaga Beach Public Library hosted the Woven Word Symposium at the Wasaga Stars Arena. The event featured workshops, author talks, a marketplace, and poetry readings.

The Easter Seals Celebrity Hockey Tournament came to Collingwood and featured dozens of community teams. The event raised over $140000 for Easter Seals, an organization that provides support to children living with physical disabilities.

Ahead of the tournament, there was a fundraising dinner w...