February 2025 You know what really grinds my gears? How some people really seem to enjoy living in a constant state of hysteria and anxiety. We’ve gone from being told that we’re all going to die because of the “climate emergency,” to Donald Trump wanting to make Canada the 51st state. Relax, my fellow Canadians; it’s …
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February 2025 Sometimes, it’s worth the wait. English band Tears For Fears has been having a busy couple of years recently, with a new album, The Tipping Point, a world tour, a live album, and a concert film. Not bad for two guys in their mid-sixties. Tears For Fears were one of the biggest bands …
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February 2025 Singer and actress Selena Gomez recently posted a cringeworthy video of herself crying over the fact that the Trump administration is now deporting illegal migrants back to their home countries. In the video, that she quickly deleted after receiving massive backlash, features a medium shot of her sobbing and blubbering that Trump is …
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January 2025 It seemed like a good idea at the time. Last summer, Barrie Transit decided to implement a Transit on Demand service for their lower volume routes. The regularly scheduled routes were eliminated, with passengers booking a ride when they need one, either by using an App or calling a phone number. You will …
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January 2025 Palermo Within the boundaries of the busy Town of Oakville, Ontario, are the remains of several former villages and hamlets. In the years after what was then known as Trafalgar Township was surveyed in 1806, one of three townships that were created after the purchase of land from the Mississauga Nations the previous …
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January 2024 On Remembrance Day in 2020, an addition was made to the Ontario Veterans’ Memorial, on the south lawn of the Ontario Legislature, to commemorate the Afghanistan War. The Afghanistan Memorial recognizes the participation of Canadians who served during the mission to free Afghanistan from control of the Taliban. Designed by landscape architectural firm …
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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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