Depending on the ruling and which side of the debate you’re on, each decision in showdowns between developers and municipalities on land use can seem like the end of the world when it’s often just the beginning of a new mile in the journey. On Friday, the Ontario Court of Appeal reversed a lower court […]

With the winter months almost upon us, it was rather heartwarming to see a local realtor in Orillia, Ont., make a generous donation in order to keep tobogganing going at the Couchiching Golf and Country Club this year. You can read more about that here. Sliding down hill at the golf course is a winter […]

  This week’s GNN Poll asks readers if they are more concerned now that an extreme weather event will shut down the golf operation where they work for an extended period of time compared to even three years ago. Three years ago? So much has happened in the past month, and continues to happen, on […]

If it came as a surprise that the “atmospheric river” doused British Columbia last week, causing landslides, floods and Vancouver being cut off from the rest of the province, it shouldn’t. After all, just a week before that happened, the University Golf Club in Vancouver was hit by a tornado that was strong enough to […]

The topic of discussion on a recent video chat with Mike Mather, general manager of the University Golf Club in Vancouver, was the “atmospheric river” or “pineapple express” from Hawaii that was dousing the southern half of British Columbia early this week, causing landslides and flooding. You can watch that video chat in its entirety […]

It a little bit over two months until the PGA Show takes place Jan. 25-28 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, which in most years would mean it’s time to start booking hotel rooms and arranging flights. Have you bothered with the pre-trip preparations yet or have you decided to stay home once […]

The holiday season last year was like no other and many of us would prefer to keep it that way since it meant fewer family, friends, parties and shopping trips due to the presence of COVID-19. The holiday season is looking more festive this year thanks to vaccines, although masks are still a necessary piece […]

Past GNN Polls indicate the golf is no exception to the labour shortages that are affecting all kinds of businesses these days. Three months ago, the poll asked readers if the golf operations where they work were finding it more difficult to hire seasonal staff this year and 74 per cent of respondents said yes. […]

That was an eye-popping report from Statistics Canada last week, indicating that inflation rose at the fastest pace in 18 years on a year-over-year basis in September. Inflation rose by 4.4 per cent compared with September, 2020, and shows no sign of letting up in the near future. Many of the key drivers of that […]

As we discussed in this column last week, the golf industry came into 2021 wondering if it could sustain or even surpass the popularity it enjoyed in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Early indications from several sources are that the game did continue its popularity in 2021 when rounds were similar to or […]