by Rick Crouch | Jan 8, 2021 | Business Matters, Community Affairs, Planning and Development, Real Estate General
It was in 1985 and newly married that I moved to the Collingwood area as the result of a corporate transfer. A lot has changed in our area since that time and more change is sure to come. My career began with Canadian Tire and with the auto and tire knowledge I...
by Rick Crouch | Apr 26, 2020 | Community Affairs, COVID-19, Odds and Ends
If I was to select just one word right now that speaks to how many of us feel about dealing with the COVID-19 virus for me it would be “challenged.” In reality, I am fine with working from home and thankfully, technology allows us to do that. Even lining...
by Rick Crouch | Apr 6, 2020 | Business Matters, Community Affairs, Odds and Ends
As I write this post, my wife and I are beginning week three of working from home due to the COVID-19 virus.. What we thought would be a change in our work environments for two weeks or so is now going to be much longer, we suspect another month, perhaps longer. ...
by Rick Crouch | Mar 23, 2020 | Community Affairs, Odds and Ends
Like many I will be working from home for the next couple of weeks as we adapt to a somewhat different lifestyle. Thanks to technology I spent last week working from my Manitoulin Island cottage which was a nice break. Even life up on Manitoulin has been impacted by...
by Rick Crouch | Nov 27, 2018 | Business Matters, Community Affairs, Live Play - Georgian Bay, Municipal Affairs, Odds and Ends
Yesterday’s announcement by General Motors that is was closing several manufacturing plants in both Canada and the U.S. was grim news for 2,500 assembly workers in Canada, 14,000 in the U.S. plus thousands more with salaried positions throughout the...
by Rick Crouch | Oct 19, 2018 | Community Affairs, Live Play - Georgian Bay, Municipal Affairs
Great article on the democratic election process by Ian Adams and well worth the read. I ran in the last municipal election for Collingwood Council and I am not afraid to admit that the 38 vote shortfall Ian mentions in this article between getting...
