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This Ontario village with little shops and rolling hills is like a cozy Hallmark scene
It's the perfect spot for a late-autumn outing. 🍂
Cozy small towns with quaint shops and charming streets don't just exist on screen. This Ontario village looks like it was plucked from an autumn Hallmark film, and it's only a road trip away from Toronto.
Tucked amid rolling hills and vibrant leaves, the destination is a magical place to explore in late fall.
Creemore is a picture-perfect village tucked into the scenic Niagara Escarpment, about 2 hours from Toronto.
According to the website, it is known as "the little village with the big heart," and the historic Main Street will whisk you away to a "simpler time."
You can stroll through the town, popping into cozy bookshops and local boutiques along the way.
Since autumn is all about spiced lattes and sweet treats, you'll want to stop by these charming cafes dotted throughout the area.
You can grab a baked good and seasonal drink from The Creemore Bakery, Bank Café or Good Grief Coffee Roasters.
Or enjoy a crisp local beer from the Creemore Springs Brewery.
There's more to Creemore than its quaint shops and charming main street.
The village is also home to some attractions, including North America's Smallest Jail, a tiny building dating back to the 1800s with just three cells.
If you're hoping to do some last-minute leaf-peeping, Creemore is close to several scenic fall hiking spots.
Devil's Glen Provincial Park is a must-visit, with forested trails and a boardwalk offering beautiful views of the valley below.
Nottawasaga Lookout is another beautiful place to take in the views, with sweeping vistas of the Niagara Escarpment framed by vibrant shades of red, orange and gold.
You can also explore the Bruce Trail, which passes through sections of the Niagara Escarpment and offers more opportunities to admire the autumn scenery.
Creemore is located just a short drive from Collingwood, another charming town with a lively main street, shops, and eateries. You can also pop over to Blue Mountain Village while in the area, a charming pedestrian village with outdoor attractions and more.
With its beautiful scenery and Hallmark-worthy charm, Creemore is an idyllic destination for a last-minute autumn getaway.
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Calgary flood survivor to testify in Canada’s first youth-led federal climate trial
The 15 plaintiffs say Canada’s fossil fuel policies threaten their constitutional rights.
Sadie Vipond was 7 when her grandmother woke her in the middle of the night, and they fled their home. Outside, Calgary was in the midst of its largest flood in more than a century. They went to a friend’s place on higher ground as surging waters cut short the school year. At the city’s zoo, water rose high enough for a hippo to swim out of its enclosure — a memory that stays with her 13 years later.
Next week, she will testify in Canada’s first federal youth-led climate trial — a lawsuit she joined at 13. She’s one of 15 young Canadian plaintiffs in La Rose v. His Majesty the King, which will run for four weeks in Vancouver.
The plaintiffs from seven provinces, the Northwest Territories and Yukon were all between the ages of 10 and 19 when the case began. They are arguing that Canada is putting young people’s health, safety and futures at risk by supporting fossil fuel development while repeatedly missing its emissions targets. They want the court to require the government to develop and carry out a climate recovery plan that protects their constitutional rights.
“This was a way to share my voice, to influence our governments without having the ability to vote,” Vipond said.
The case is reaching the trial stage after seven years of legal motions and appeals, including federal efforts to have it dismissed. Many plaintiffs were barely teenagers when they joined and have grown into adulthood waiting for their day in court.
Now, they have more to lose. Some have taken outdoor jobs, where staying inside to escape wildfire smoke can mean going unpaid. East Coast plaintiffs, who had never experienced wildfire smoke when the case began, now encounter it regularly, said Andrea Rodgers, deputy director of US strategy at Our Children’s Trust, which supports the case.
One plaintiff has since become a mother and will testify during the trial’s first week. “Now, it’s not just about protecting her rights and her future,” Rodgers said. “It’s about ensuring that her son can grow up and thrive in a healthy environment.”
A generation coming of age in a changing climate
Extreme heat and wildfire smoke have limited Vipond’s ability to bike to school and exercise outdoors. Now a third-year environmental sciences student at the University of British Columbia, she said her studies have helped her recognize changes around her — from increasingly dangerous snow conditions to pine beetles destroying an entire hillside.
“A lot of people think that climate change is like a long, slow evolution of changes,” Vipond said. “However, we’re really seeing it from year to year at this point.”
Vipond’s experience reflects a broader reality for young people coming of age as climate change dictates how they imagine and plan their lives. A study published in 2023 found that nearly two in five Canadians aged 16 to 25 said climate change made them hesitant to have children.
That concern also shows up in their politics. In July, a poll found that one in four respondents aged 18 to 34 ranked climate change and the environment among their top three issues, compared with 16 per cent of those older than 55.
The climate risks extend across their lives. At 1.5 C of warming, over half of children born in 2020 would face unprecedented lifetime heatwave exposure, compared with 16 per cent of those born in 1960, a global study projected in 2025.
Rodgers has spent 15 years representing young people in US climate cases, including Juliana v. United States. Its 21 young plaintiffs spent nearly a decade arguing that federal energy policies violated their constitutional rights. The case never reached trial after an appeals court ruled that judges lacked the power to order and oversee the climate recovery plan the plaintiffs sought. She hopes Canada will deliver what those young Americans were denied.
The Canadian trial will also test how international law informs that duty. In July 2025, the International Court of Justice affirmed that governments must protect the climate system to safeguard human rights. Rodgers said the Canadian court could use that advisory opinion to help justify an order requiring climate action, and set an example for courts in other countries.
“Canada really has a choice,” Rodgers said. “Do they want to follow in the path of the United States or forge their own path, one that protects the rights of their own children?”
Vipond joined the lawsuit out of fear for her own future. As she heads to court next week, she said she now feels responsible for speaking for other children too young to vote and generations yet to be born.
People have asked whether she and the other plaintiffs would receive money if they win. She tells them they are seeking accountability rather than a payout.
“Hope is really hard to hold on to sometimes,” Vipond said. “But we’re all fighting to keep it.”
Sonal Gupta / Local Journalism Initiative / Canada's National Observer.
Copyright 2026, Canada's National Observer. All rights reserved.
Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada's National Observer.
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Calgary flood survivor to testify in Canada’s first youth-led federal climate trial
The 15 plaintiffs say Canada’s fossil fuel policies threaten their constitutional rights.
Sadie Vipond was 7 when her grandmother woke her in the middle of the night, and they fled their home. Outside, Calgary was in the midst of its largest flood in more than a century. They went to a friend’s place on higher ground as surging waters cut short the school year. At the city’s zoo, water rose high enough for a hippo to swim out of its enclosure — a memory that stays with her 13 years later.
Next week, she will testify in Canada’s first federal youth-led climate trial — a lawsuit she joined at 13. She’s one of 15 young Canadian plaintiffs in La Rose v. His Majesty the King, which will run for four weeks in Vancouver.
The plaintiffs from seven provinces, the Northwest Territories and Yukon were all between the ages of 10 and 19 when the case began. They are arguing that Canada is putting young people’s health, safety and futures at risk by supporting fossil fuel development while repeatedly missing its emissions targets. They want the court to require the government to develop and carry out a climate recovery plan that protects their constitutional rights.
“This was a way to share my voice, to influence our governments without having the ability to vote,” Vipond said.
The case is reaching the trial stage after seven years of legal motions and appeals, including federal efforts to have it dismissed. Many plaintiffs were barely teenagers when they joined and have grown into adulthood waiting for their day in court.
Now, they have more to lose. Some have taken outdoor jobs, where staying inside to escape wildfire smoke can mean going unpaid. East Coast plaintiffs, who had never experienced wildfire smoke when the case began, now encounter it regularly, said Andrea Rodgers, deputy director of US strategy at Our Children’s Trust, which supports the case.
One plaintiff has since become a mother and will testify during the trial’s first week. “Now, it’s not just about protecting her rights and her future,” Rodgers said. “It’s about ensuring that her son can grow up and thrive in a healthy environment.”
A generation coming of age in a changing climate
Extreme heat and wildfire smoke have limited Vipond’s ability to bike to school and exercise outdoors. Now a third-year environmental sciences student at the University of British Columbia, she said her studies have helped her recognize changes around her — from increasingly dangerous snow conditions to pine beetles destroying an entire hillside.
“A lot of people think that climate change is like a long, slow evolution of changes,” Vipond said. “However, we’re really seeing it from year to year at this point.”
Vipond’s experience reflects a broader reality for young people coming of age as climate change dictates how they imagine and plan their lives. A study published in 2023 found that nearly two in five Canadians aged 16 to 25 said climate change made them hesitant to have children.
That concern also shows up in their politics. In July, a poll found that one in four respondents aged 18 to 34 ranked climate change and the environment among their top three issues, compared with 16 per cent of those older than 55.
The climate risks extend across their lives. At 1.5 C of warming, over half of children born in 2020 would face unprecedented lifetime heatwave exposure, compared with 16 per cent of those born in 1960, a global study projected in 2025.
Rodgers has spent 15 years representing young people in US climate cases, including Juliana v. United States. Its 21 young plaintiffs spent nearly a decade arguing that federal energy policies violated their constitutional rights. The case never reached trial after an appeals court ruled that judges lacked the power to order and oversee the climate recovery plan the plaintiffs sought. She hopes Canada will deliver what those young Americans were denied.
The Canadian trial will also test how international law informs that duty. In July 2025, the International Court of Justice affirmed that governments must protect the climate system to safeguard human rights. Rodgers said the Canadian court could use that advisory opinion to help justify an order requiring climate action, and set an example for courts in other countries.
“Canada really has a choice,” Rodgers said. “Do they want to follow in the path of the United States or forge their own path, one that protects the rights of their own children?”
Vipond joined the lawsuit out of fear for her own future. As she heads to court next week, she said she now feels responsible for speaking for other children too young to vote and generations yet to be born.
People have asked whether she and the other plaintiffs would receive money if they win. She tells them they are seeking accountability rather than a payout.
“Hope is really hard to hold on to sometimes,” Vipond said. “But we’re all fighting to keep it.”
Sonal Gupta / Local Journalism Initiative / Canada's National Observer.
Copyright 2026, Canada's National Observer. All rights reserved.
Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada's National Observer.
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Cette Québécoise sur TikTok donne des «hacks» pour économiser gros dans tes boutiques préfs
À toi les rabais chez Lululemon, Apple, Sephora, Nike, Under Armour! 🤑🤑🤑
On ne dit jamais non à quelques économies, et ce, surtout en cette période d'inflation où les prix en magasin, dans les épiceries et dans les restos grimpent en flèche. Suivie par plus de 371 000 personnes, une tiktokeuse québécoise, Reetu Maz (@ree2mz), propose une panoplie de trucs pour économiser ou obtenir des remboursements dans une multitude de magasins populaires tels que Sephora, Under Armour, Lululemon, Nike, Apple et plus encore.
Ces hacks en poche, tu pourrais réussir à économiser plusieurs dollars avec des rabais « cachés » ou des politiques de retour avantageuses. Gageons même qu'il y en a plein que tu n'avais jamais entendu. Sors ton calepin et ton crayon et prends des notes, car ces astuces risquent de t'être très utiles durant ta prochaine séance shopping!
Under Armour
Savais-tu que la compagnie Under Armour a un rabais spécial pour les militaires, les enseignant.es et les premier.ès répondant.es? Comme le démontre la tiktokeuse dans sa vidéo, l'entreprise de vêtements sportifs offre 20 % de rabais sur l'ensemble des achats aux militaires en service actif ou retraité.es, aux vétéran.tes ainsi qu'à leurs familles.
Celui-ci peut aussi être réclamé par les technicien.es en soins médicaux d'urgence, les infirmier.ères, les policier.ères et les pompier.ères, les enseignant.es et les éducateur.trices.
Pour l'utiliser tu devras t'inscrire à la plateforme ID.me qui après ton identification, t'enverra ton rabais que tu pourras montrer à la caisse ou appliquer en ligne.
Apple
Si tu souhaites sauver un peu d'argent sur ton prochain achat chez Apple, sache que des groupes précis peuvent demander un rabais. Les étudiant.es universitaires et leurs parents, les enseignant.es et les autres employé.es du domaine de l'éducation (de tous niveaux) peuvent obtenir des prix spéciaux sur plusieurs ordinateurs, tablettes et accessoires.
Les fonctionnaires canadien.nes et les employ.es du gouvernement peuvent, eux et elles aussi, obtenir une réduction qui équivaut à 10 % de rabais sur une panoplie de produits Apple. C'est le temps de changer ton vieil ordinateur!
Sephora
Si tu adores le maquillage et que tu collectionnes les produits de beauté, cette astuce chez Sephora est pour toi. La chaîne américaine, qui possède plusieurs boutiques au pays, propose une politique de retours pour le moins avantageuse. Eh oui, si tu n'aimes pas un produit et que tu ne l'as pas beaucoup utilisé, tu peux le retourner au Sephora malgré qu'il ait déjà été ouvert.
Tu as jusqu'à 30 jours pour retourner l'item et ainsi recevoir un remboursement complet. Toutefois, comme le mentionne Reetu, si tu as dépassé ce délai tu peux demander un crédit en argent, et ce, même si tu n'as plus ta facture puisque la compagnie devrait l'avoir dans son ordinateur. Tu as alors jusqu'à 60 jours pour demander ta carte-cadeau.
Lululemon
Si tu rêves de t'acheter les fameux leggings de Lululemon, sache que l'entreprise américaine offre, elle aussi, un rabais aux militaires et aux professionnel.les de la santé. Si tu pratiques l'un de ces métiers, tu pourrais obtenir 15 % de réduction sur ta facture.
Comme le mentionne le site Internet de la compagnie : « Cette offre s’applique à tous les pompiers, policiers, techniciens ambulanciers, médecins, infirmières auxiliaires et à tout le personnel de recherche et de sauvetage […] et à tous les réservistes et vétérans actifs ainsi qu’à tous les militaires retraités ». Autre bonne nouvelle, ta famille peut aussi en profiter.
Tu pourrais aussi recevoir un 25 % en moins sur tes achats en faisant partie du Collectif Sueur, un club promo réservé pour les athlètes, les entraîneur.euses et instructeur.trices sportif.ves et le personnel d'équipe : « En tant que membre du Collectif Sueur, vous recevrez une réduction de 25 % sur les produits lululemon, vous nous aiderez à améliorer leur conception et vous aurez accès à des événements spéciaux. Que vous soyez un(e) instructeur(rice) de conditionnement physique, un(e) athlète ou un(e) entraîneur(euse), nous invitons tous les leaders inspirants à poser leur candidature ».
Pour recevoir ces réductions, tu devras d'identifier officiellement et t'inscrire sur le site Internet de la compagnie. Tu ne peux donc pas juste te présenter en boutique et demander ton rabais.
Nike
La compagnie Nike te gâte à ta fête. Eh oui, pour l'année 2023, Nike t'offre un rabais de 10 % sur ta facture durant ton mois d'anniversaire. Pour l'obtenir, tu n'as qu'à t'inscrire à l'infolettre.
À noter que la promotion prendra fin le 31 décembre 2023.
Canada Goose
« Je suis ici pour mon manteau gratuit s'il vous plaît », s'exclame Reetu en jouant le rôle d'une cliente d'une boutique Canada Goose. En fait, c'est que l'entreprise canadienne te permet de réclamer un manteau tout neuf en cas de fautes de manufacture ou de bris s'ils sont incapables de le réparer.
« Si un produit Canada Goose présente une défaillance due à un défaut de fabrication, nous réparerons l'article à nos frais. Si le produit n'est pas réparable ou si le coût des réparations dépasse la valeur du produit, nous pouvons, à notre discrétion, choisir de remplacer le produit », indique la politique de retour de la compagnie. Pas besoin alors de mettre des sous de côté pour t'acheter un nouveau manteau d'hiver si le tien est brisé.
American Eagle
La politique de retour d'American Eagle est assez généreuse et te permet de recevoir un remboursement complet ou une carte-cadeau en magasin, et ce, même si cela fait un certain temps que tu as acheté le vêtement. Encore mieux, tu peux même rapporter l'item qui ne te plaît pas sans étiquette. Par contre, les bas de maillots de bain sont exclus de cette politique.
Amazon
« Amazon Prime m'a garanti ma livraison pour mardi, mais nous sommes mercredi […] Selon la politique de Prime, si mon paquet n'est pas arrivé dans les temps, je devrais être capable de garder le produit gratuitement », indique la créatrice de contenu sur TikTok.
Elle a raison, mais seulement en partie. Comme il est écrit sur la politique de retour de la plateforme de ventes en ligne, tu pourrais recevoir un remboursement de tes frais de livraison si ton colis n'a pas été reçu à temps, mais tu n'as pas besoin d'être un membre Prime pour le demander : « Si nous vous fournissons une date de livraison garantie au moment où vous passez votre commande, vos frais d'expédition pourraient être remboursés si nous ne respectons pas la date de livraison prévue ».
Selon, les dires de la tiktokeuse, si tu es un.e membre Prime tu devrais être capable de recevoir un remboursement complet de ton colis en discutant avec un.e employé.e du service client. Rien n'est mentionné à ce sujet sur le site Web de l'entreprise, tu peux par contre, bien sûr, essayer cette réclamation de ton côté, comme tu n'as rien à perdre.