Nov 25 2017
November 2017 The Justin Trudeau government recently announced a national housing strategy to help 530, 000 vulnerable families find housing and hopefully cut homelessness by 50% over the next 10 years. The $11.2 billion plan will create 100, 000 new housing units and repair 300, 000 existing units. Along with funding from other levels of …
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Nov 12 2017
November 2017 Re: Rob Ford stadium nixed (Sue-Ann Levy, Toronto Sun, 5 October 2017): Toronto City Council should be ashamed of themselves for refusing to approve the re-naming of Centennial Stadium after the late Mayor Rob Ford. This refusal is particularly galling given that council voted 33-2 to approve the naming of something in memory …
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Nov 07 2017
November 2017 On 27 October 2017, Barrie’s Military History Park was formally dedicated by Mayor Jeff Lehman. The $1.57-million park, located just east of Southshore Centre along Kempenfelt Bay, honours and showcases the link between the City of Barrie and its ongoing relationship with CFB Borden and Canada’s military forces. Visitors can take a self-guided …
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Nov 03 2017
November 2017 In the south-east corner of Barrie, Ontario, sits a small park sandwiched between Priscillas Place and Lockhart Road sits small corner park named J. Gibbons Park. All that one will find in this park are a lone grave and a monument stone telling the story of a woman named Jane (Young) Gibbins, the …
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Oct 28 2017
October 2017 On 21 October 2017, EPCAMR (Eastern PA Coalition of Abandoned Mine Reclamation) organized another successful community clean-up in Centralia, Pennsylvania’s Lost Town. Since May 2014, EPCAMR (Eastern PA Coalition of Abandoned Mine Reclamation) has been organizing annual community clean-ups in Centralia, a borough in the heart of Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region. Although the …
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Oct 06 2017
October 2017 Governments are always saying we need to “invest” in “green” technologies; we need to encourage “green” innovation. We’ve come a long way in cleaning up our environment in the past without carbon taxes to encourage this innovation. Why do we need them now? Back in the 1980s, acid-rain was a great threat and …
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Oct 06 2017
October 2017 “We don’t think there should be a carbon-based energy industry by the middle of this century. The real alternative is not an alternative route. It’s an alternative economy.” Gerald Butts, principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in May 2012 when asked about the proposed route for the Northern Gateway pipeline. On 5 …
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Oct 06 2017
Published in the Toronto Sun, 1 October 2017 Re: “Things could be worse,” (Omar Khan, Toronto Sun, September 25): Yes Mr. Khan, facts do matter and I’m glad that you pointed out that Ontario is the most indebted sub-sovereign jurisdiction. That fact does matter, even if Ontario’s fiscal and economic situation could be worse. However, …
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Sep 27 2017
September 2017 Although I’m a Conservative supporter and a supporter of Patrick Brown since he was a Member of Parliament, I’m not completely convinced that he can defeat Kathleen Wynne’s government in next year’s election. After 14 years of lies, increased taxes, scandals, criminal charges, debt that’s double what it was in 2003, the dumpster-fire …
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Sep 23 2017
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. –For The Fallen by Robert Laurence Binyon September 2017 In the small Chelsea Pioneer Cemetery in Chelsea, Quebec, is the final resting place of a Canadian soldier and veteran of the South African War: Private Richard Rowland Thompson, who served with distinction …
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