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Oilers forward Zach Hyman speaks for first time since injury: 'You're heartbroken'

2 days ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Joshua Clipperton

EDMONTON — Zach Hyman knew something wasn't right. The Edmonton Oilers winger had just released the puck crossing his blue line in Game 4 of the Western Conference final when Dallas Stars forward Mason Marchment caught him with a glancing blow in the neutral zone. Hyman dropped his stick and immediately skated off, favouring his right arm before heading straight to the locker room.
BC Hydro seeks baseload power boost from stable sources

2 days ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Chuck Chiang

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's power utility wants to boost the province's baseload electricity generation capacity in a bid to meet the province's growing demand from residents and industries. Baseload capacity refers to constant and stable power sources, with Energy Minister Adrian Dix announcing BC Hydro's request for expression of interest from companies to provide geothermal or hydroelectric projects to expand long-term power capacity and meet peak demand.
Collingwood students, teachers aim for $100K raised through Relay for Life

1 week ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Erika Engel

Collingwood's high schools are again teaming up for the annual Relay for Life event, with a goal of raising $100,000 for cancer research and patient support. On June 3 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. students and staff from Collingwood Collegiate Institute (CCI) and Our Lady of the Bay Catholic High School (OLB) will be walking the track at OLB. The relay-style event means one person from each team participating needs to be walking the track at all times.
CP NewsAlert: Trump's tariffs back on after appeals court decision

1 week ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | David Baxter |Kelly Malone

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are still hitting most countries around the world after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade. The lower court's Wednesday decision found Trump's use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs exceeded his authority. More coming. David Baxter and Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
Flag a reminder of ongoing work to make Collingwood more accessible, inclusive

1 week ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Erika Engel

Collingwood is celebrating National Accessibility Week. Today, May 29, the town's accessibility advisory committee as well as representatives from E3 Community Services and Breaking Down Barriers joined members of council at the Collingwood library flagpole to raise the flag for accessibility week. National Accessibility Week runs until June 1.
Spotlight: PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain welcomes new men

1 week ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Katie Corcoran

Newly retired men in Collingwood/Blue Mountains have choice of many weekly, monthly, annual events and activities “Often, newly retired guys need help finding new friends and ways to fill their time. The PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain is the perfect bridge to new experiences and new friendships for men in post-retirement life,” reflected PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain President Michael Coward. The PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain is a social club for men in the Collingwood/Blue Mountain area.
Local group helps bring joy to local seniors

1 week ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Marg. Bruineman

It was the potential to help boost someone’s day that led to the creation of the Collingwood and Wasaga Beach chapter of the Senior Wish Association. “I saw a Facebook post for Senior Wish looking for donation items like toiletries just before Christmas and responded and learned there was no active chapter in Collingwood,” recalls Dorothy Burridge, who moved to Collingwood in 2021. “I have really connected with seniors in the past.
Two men convicted after migrants froze to death on Canada-U.S. border face sentencing

1 week ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Steve Lambert

FERGUS FALLS — Two men are to be sentenced today for their role in a human smuggling operation that saw a family of four freeze to death on the Canada-U.S. border south of Winnipeg. Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand were convicted last fall on four charges related to bringing people illegally into the United States and transporting them.
Grey Highlands resident encourages council to tackle roadside litter

1 week ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Chris Fell

Grey Highlands council wants to look at ways to reduce litter and garbage tossed onto local roads. At its meeting on May 21, council received a presentation from local resident John Scott, who has spent many years collecting and picking up garbage on local roads in and around the Beaver Valley area. Since 2019, Scott has done 16 different garbage collections on local roads. He has collected more than 1,645 items, of which, 327 were beer/liquor related.
Data from Tesla involved in fatal Wasaga crash questioned at trial

2 weeks ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Peter Robinson

The defence in the drunk driving trial of Jefferson Dance on Thursday gave its first indications how it may try to counter the serious allegations against their client in relation to a deadly crash in Wasaga Beach three years ago. Dance’s defence counsel, Robert Guerts, attempted to raise the possibility that a defect in the 2021 Tesla Model Y could have contributed to the crash.