by Rick Crouch | Apr 2, 2023 | Community Affairs, Environmental Issues, Live Play - Georgian Bay, Odds and Ends
Although I was born and raised in Toronto, I have been visiting Georgian Bay and specifically Manitoulin Island since I was an infant. My mother was born and raised on Manitoulin so in addition to the Island being our summer destination for holidays, I have a great...
by Rick Crouch | Mar 15, 2023 | Odds and Ends
The Canadian Coast Guard has added a light duty icebreaker to it’s fleet and the ship has been docked in Collingwood the past couple of days. Taking advantage of some beautiful weather I visited Collingwood Harbour today and was able to capture these photos of...
by Rick Crouch | Dec 14, 2022 | Home Help Topics, Home Improvement, Municipal Affairs, Odds and Ends, Planning and Development, Real Estate General
In my prior post titled “Bill 23.- The More Homes Built Faster Act, 2002 Part 1” I summarized a number of changes pertaining to the construction of new homes that has been put forth by the Government of Ontario. This new Act (click here for details) is...
by Rick Crouch | Jul 10, 2022 | Business Matters, Odds and Ends
The title of this post says it all. Over the last few years customer service seems to be a rare commodity but those businesses that focus on meeting or exceeding their customer’s expectations thrive even in the aftermath of COVID 19. A week ago my daughter and...
by Rick Crouch | Apr 30, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Odds and Ends
Ever since the COVID 19 pandemic arrived in the spring of 2020 our lives have changed. People began to and many are still working from home and “staycations” became the new form in family holidays versus travelling elsewhere. During the past two years of...
by Rick Crouch | Apr 27, 2022 | Environmental Issues, Live Play - Georgian Bay, Odds and Ends, Real Estate General, Waterfront Properties
In Part 1 of this post I covered how after a sudden and unexpected rise in the water levels of Lakes Michigan, Huron and Georgian Bay had taken place from 2019 into 2020, it has for many including myself taken a surprising and worrisome drop of 28″ in the past...
