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Thursday, April 18, 2019 Vol. 19 No. 16
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INSIDE THE ECHO
Page-Learners
Green Team
Brewery reduces its 'beer print'
Students learn book making
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News and views in and around Creemore
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Sarah Richardson's Creemore show goes to air by Trina Berlo For Sarah Richardson fans, and just about everyone in Creemore who is even a bit of a nosy parker, the day is nigh. Richardson’s new show is going to air in just a few days. Sarah Off the Grid Season 2, a sixepisode series, begins Sunday. The Episode 1 synopsis: “Sarah Richardson’s forever home in Creemore is finished but instead of taking a much deserved break, she’s jumped head first into a new project. Along with her husband Alex and long-time collaborator Tommy, Sarah’s snapped up a century-old Victorian house in original condition... and her plan is to tear down, build up and transform it into the perfect allseason luxury vacation property. Sarah has just six months until the booming rental season hits and to make things extra challenging, she’s taking it off the grid!” In Season 1, Richardson and her team builds a fully off-the-grid home in the hills. This next house is on the grid but it has eight solar panels, battery backup, and is made as energy efficient as possible. “The panels will run a huge amount of consumption from the house,” said Richardson. “In the case of a power outage, the house would be able to run off the grid for up to four days.” She said there was a focus this season on reusing and recycling as much as they could.
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Sarah Richardson on the porch of the Creemore house featured in Season 2 of Sarah Off the Grid, which premieres Sunday. The village of Creemore features heavily in the show, with Richardson and her family taking in local events,
shopping, dining and visiting locals. In fact, Episode 2 airing April 28, shows Richardson’s daughters running a yard
sale during the Creemore Vintage Festival, where they sold off old stuff from their barn, and then heading to Cardboard Castles toy store to spend their earnings. She said she loves Creemore for its proximity to Toronto and the different routes that are available when heading north, giving the family many opportunities to explore. “I still run my office in Toronto, obviously, and my children are at school here but in our minds we live equally in both places and we try to stretch the time there as much as we can. Quite frankly, we are counting down until we can be there full-time,” Richardson told The Echo. She said the four-season activities, the natural beauty and small-town living are all part of appeal. Richardson said everybody and everything Creemore will be featured in the new series. Local residents had the privilege of a sneak peek of the heritage home at the 217 Mill Street that is featured in Season 2 of Sarah Off the Grid. A strict cell phone ban was in place so we couldn’t leak pictures of the transformation that will be unveiled throughout the series. Richardson said she hopes some of that footage makes it to the screen but ultimately the network controls the final editing process. “It was important to me to give (See “Creemore” on page 3)
Hospital expansion included in provincial budget Collingwood General and Marine Hospital has been given the green light on its redevelopment with the release of the province’s 2019 budget. M i n i s t e r o f F i n a n c e Vi c t o r Fedeli’s budget titled Protecting What Matters , says “Across the province, approximately 60 major hospital projects are currently under construction or in various stages of planning. The government is
committed to working with hospitals to implement these projects to meet local health system needs.” It includes Collingwood General and Marine Hospital – Planning for Hospital Redevelopment: support expansion of services including intensive care, inpatient care and emergency services. “This is a very exciting day for the Collingwood General and
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and CEO, Norah Holder. The hospital says it continues to work with the Capital Branch of the Ministry of Health and LongTerm Care (MOHLTC) and the five surrounding municipalities, in a collaborative and productive manner. The project still needs to follow the MOHLTC’s five-stage capital planning process, which will involve reviews (See “G&M” on page 3)
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