January 2025 As pointed out in the Toronto Sun editorial from 11 January 2025 “Cinderella will go to the inaugural ball,” Alberta stands to lose the most from Trump’s threatened 25% tariffs on all things Canadian. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, just like his father Pierre, has always made sure Alberta gets screwed as much as …
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January 2025 Music, dancing, food and a great waterfront view. The southern Ontario resort community of Wasaga Beach has been a popular recreation and vacation destination for over a century. Now, a massive re-development plan at Beach area One will see the demolition of several of the old, wood buildings along Beach Drive, including the …
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January 2025 In October 2024, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government tabled a bill that would require municipalities to ask the province for permission to install bike lanes if it involves removing a lane of vehicle traffic. Ford also began the process of removing bike lanes on Yonge, Bloor and University and restoring them as lanes …
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December 2024 One of the newest residential neighbourhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, is known as Chedoke Heights. Consisting of upscale, three-storey townhomes, the Chedoke Heights property bears no resemblance to its former function as Chedoke Hospital, a sanitarium for tuberculosis (TB) patients that opened in 1906. Chedoke had very humble beginnings, starting as a two tent …
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December 2024 The southern Ontario town of Wasaga Beach has the distinction of having the world’s longest fresh water beach, spanning 10 miles. The beach community has another distinction of being the starting point in a record-breaking aviation milestone. The appeal of Wasaga Beach for both aviators was its naturally long, straight beach, which provided …
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December 2024 The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem (CSYV) Holocaust Memorial Site in North York is a monument dedicated to the memory of victims and survivors of the Holocaust. Containing almost 5,000 names, it is the most extensive listing of any memorial site in Canada. The monument was built in three phases over a period …
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December 2024 When travelling across the rural roads of Ontario, former thriving villages like Craighurst can be found at both busy and desolated crossroads. Situated at the corner of Simcoe County Road 93, also known as Penetanguishene Road, and Horseshoe Valley Road, Craighurst was one of these small villages, many of which grew up along …
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December 2024 Across many older towns and cities, ruins of structures from the past can occasionally be found, crumbling and forgotten, hidden by vegetation Erindale Park, found in the Erindale area of Mississauga, Ontario, is a community park complete with a playground for children, picnic areas and miles of walking trails in and around the …
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Published in the Toronto Sun, 14 December 2024 Is it just me, or did Justin Trudeau get spanked like the petulant child he is by Donald Trump, during his recent visit to Mar-a-Logo? I honestly don’t believe that Trump wants to impose a 25% tariff. He certainly will if he has to, but I believe …
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December 2024 On 1 December, I attended a pro-Israel rally at the corner of Bathurst And Sheppard in North York, Ontario. This is a largely Jewish area of Toronto, with many carrying rally attendees carrying posters with the faces of the hostages taken by Hamas during their attack. These rallies have been held every Sunday …
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