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A marketing idea for Collingwood and the downtown

01 September 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in downtown-BIA, Collingwood life
I came across a marketing concept when I was last in Toronto and I think it could work very well here for both Collingwood and the BIA. Most of us are already familiar with the standard promotion racks that hold flyers and cards for local events, places to visit, visitor maps and so on. This is more of a downsized version, but in many ways more...

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Tags: Collingwood, downtown, marketing, promotion, BIA 1 Comments


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GBAR's Adopt-a-thon a success

30 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Personal reminisence, Collingwood life, Animals
Dropped by the Georgian Bay Animal Rescue's August Adopt-a-thon, Saturday. While I don't have the totals yet, the event was very successful, and several cats were adopted. What we intended as a few minutes' visit stretched into an hour or more, once we entered the cat...

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Tags: adopt-a-ton, GBAR, animals, Collingwood, cats 1 Comments


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Our growing culinary landscape

28 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Personal reminisence, Collingwood life
I think the only thing I ever really missed about the city when I moved up here was the variety of food we had within walking distance of our house in Toronto. We could walk to Vietnamese, Japanese, Indian, Greek, Korean, Italian and Szechuan restaurants, all within 10-15 minutes of home. A little further, but still not very far, we had Thai,...

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Tags: dining, restaurants, food, Collingwood, eating, sushi 15 Comments


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Got some election signs out today

28 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood life, Collingwood's municipal m..., Election 2010
Dug out some of my old election signs from 2006 today, and Susan and I cleaned them and put about 25 together. Got a dozen or so on a few of the boulevards. Not the full complement of what I'm allowed - 50 - just a teaser. Anyone want a lawn sign? Email me if you do.

I saw signs for Cooper, Lloyd (Kevin), Lloyd (Rick) and Jeffrey out already....

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, election, campaign 4 Comments


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Goodbye, Dale

24 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood life
Dale West is gone. Not shuffled off this mortal coil, but gone from the local airwaves. Yesterday morning he got his walking papers from the Peak FM.

Do they have too many news people at the Peak? I'm pretty sure Dale was he only one. Cost cutting, I suspect, was at the root.* I'll miss him. He was always honest and open with me and told...

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Tags: Peak FM, local news, Dale West, radio 4 Comments


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Images of our downtown pond

23 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood life, Admiral Collingwood development, Collingwood's municipal m..., downtown-BIA, Election 2010
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Just a reminder, in case anyone had not seen it recently, about the...

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, Admiral Collingwood, election 2010, downtown 1 Comments


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Adult chess club in Collingwood this fall

15 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Chess, Collingwood life, Social values
Just a heads up for those readers who enjoy playing chess, and like the ambiance of a chess club, with its social interaction. Tim DenBok is starting an adult chess club this fall at the Collingwood Library. It will meet weekly and, at least at the start, be no charge to join.

Should we collectively decide to join a national organization and...

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Tags: chess, chess club, Collingwood, library 0 Comments


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Debunking psychics

01 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Science, Collingwood life
Why aren't all psychics filthy rich? I mean, if you can predict the future, surely something as basic as the stock market's rise and fall should be a snap. Surely they can predict the winning lottery numbers, too. I never buy lottery tickets because there's always a lineup of psychics ahead of me, cashing in their winnings. No wonder...

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Tags: psychics, superstition, Collingwood, debunk 2 Comments


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Wounded Warriors event a hit

01 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood life, downtown-BIA
Paul Thurston, of Thurst's Cycle, pulled off his third annual Riders With a Cause/Wounded Warriors event today, with a bigger crowd than ever before. More than 200 bikes joined his Sunday morning ride with the Armed Forces vehicles leading. When they got back to the Pine Street parking lot, the place was full of bikes, soldiers, and visitors....

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Tags: Collingwood, bikers, motorcycles, Armed Forces, Thurst's 0 Comments


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Doors closed on patio issue, says EB

31 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
"Councillors closed the door on the patio issue, Wednesday, allowing downtown businesses another couple of weeks with temporary fencing for curbside patios." Enterprise-Bulletin, July 30, 2010.

Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the special...

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Tags: Toronto, Collingwood Municipal Madness, downtown, patios, buskers 8 Comments



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