Collingwood News

Midland teenagers Zach Quesnelle, Colin Barber, Kelly Harris, Colton Johnstone and Clare Donaldson, Collingwood YMCA general manager Nilusha Premasinghe, camps and youth manager Brian Shelley and Collingwood youths Travis Ferguson, Gillian McFarlane and Laura Werbitsky are heading to Sierra Leone next month as part of a YMCA exchange program.

Individuals interested in the Great Lakes are invited to a public meeting at 6 p.m. today at Concordia University, 12800 N. Lake Shore Drive, Mequon, hosted by the Wisconsin Great Lakes Coalition.

Marilyn Bendell, a long-time custodian at Nottawa Elementary School, retired last week.

A 22-year-old local man entered in-custody pleas June 23 to charges of possessing stolen property, break, enter and theft, plus breaches of court orders and resisting arrest.

According to a Ministry of Transportation official, construction on the Highway 26 realignment could start next spring.

Okay, it's Monday morning and SooToday.com's crack team of headline writers is too busy sipping espresso macchiato in the company commissary to get around to this.

PAUL WALDIE Last updated on Saturday, Jun. 27, 2009 05:23AM EDT T he Gift: More than $50,000 and climbing The Cause: Elephant Thoughts The Reason: To build a school in Nepal Julie and Craig Hartley were living in England 15 years ago when they decided to make a change.

Drew Wright knows he'll always have the die-hard fans who remember him from Canadian Idol, but he hopes to gain a whole new following outside of the show's demographic with rock outfit Fall and Divide.

Background/ Composition: Getty is a gritty soul singer based in Collingwood, Ont.

Alberta rockers Nickelback picked up three trophies at the MuchMusic Video Awards last night, giving music critics across the country another reason to groan.

Jordan Logan, Christian Ferraro, Pierce Pimiskern and Dave Arkwright make up the band Trainlight.

As part of the centennial celebration of the first flight in Canada, the Canadian Forces is planning three flypasts on June 22 and 23.

Ride for Sight Central Ontario chair Mike Harwood is gearing up for the 2009 Ride for Sight that makes its return to the area this weekend to raise money for the Foundation Fighting Blindness.

RakeFreeze has partnered with a brand new site on the popular Cake Network to provide a very exclusive deal for rakeback players.

CCI students Maddy Tranter, Sarah Lageer, Natalie Hogg were joined by CCI teacher Lee Wallace at business plan competition awards ceremony, held at Georgian Manor Resort on Thursday.

Collingwood's downtown will be getting a $7 million facelift in the coming months.

Collingwood resident Anne Stevens say she's not against small business but just large commercial vehicles in her neighbourhood.

Inclement weather and a global recession have hampered sales in Canadian cottage country, according to a report by ReMax Ontario-Atlantic Canada.

The 14-city outing, which begins July 17 in Seattle, visits a mixture of northern US markets and Canadian cities through early August.

A delightful email arrived recently from Murray Guthrie of Almonte, Ontario, who reads this column in the EMC papers: "I was born in Almonte, Ontario, on July 1, 1923 and joined the RCAF on July 1, 1941.