In & Around Town
How to fill a purse, with kindness
By: Tanya Edwards
If you've heard about the "Fill a Purse for a Sister Campaign," you know about Angel Freedman and how she lit a...
Georgina Studio Tour Celebrates 25 Years
By: Ewa Chwojko-Srawley
Tables with flowing rivers, hand-carved guitars with embedded personal mementos; magic! The magician is Ron Walmer, who uses the most beautiful slabs...
Pioneer Village Harvest Festival: A Delightful Trip Back In Time
By: Ewa Chwojko-Srawley
Our American friends did not invent Thanksgiving; it began in Canada!
In 1578 Sir Martin Frobisher, an English explorer, celebrated the first...
39 Years Later: Terry Fox still inspires us
By: Deb Robert
A young man traverses the highway, striding with an unwieldy double step and hop. His right leg, crippled by cancer and now...
GFCC Pilot Project: A Feral Cat’s Best Friend
By: Tina Novotny
Feral and stray cats used to be a significant
problem in Georgina, but over the last few years a group of volunteers have
worked...
Georgina Civic Centre: Not Giving Up The Ghost Yet!
By: Tanya Edwards
Take four people with the same spooky hobby, and what do you get? COPi, Central Ontario Paranormal Investigations.
Glenn and Wendy Laycock...
From Blue Box to Art!
By: Ewa Chwojko-Srawley
Think twice before you put out your recyclables in the blue box. You might be able to create an artwork with it...
Girl Guides of Canada Comes To Pefferlaw
By: Tanya Edwards
With a new motto "Everything she wants to be," and a new mission "To be a catalyst for girls empowering girls," Girl...
Field-To-Table: City slicker visits Georgina’s working farms.
By: Tina Novotny
If you are an urbanite like me who likes to
channel their inner farmer, then a local country fair isn’t going to cut
it. ...
Catherine Babick: Georgina Artist, Champion of the Arts
By: Ewa Chwojko-Srawley
Catherine Babick introduced Georgina to the arts. She moved to Georgina from Toronto as an 8th-grader. Georgina schools offered no art...
