April 2023 The Kempenfelt Conference Centre, or more importantly, the 20-acre property it occupies on the south shore of Kempenfelt Bay, screams big opportunity for Simcoe County’s tourism sector, either as a vacation resort or a wellness retreat. Right now, the Ontario government-owned facility in the Town of Innifsil is vacant and deteriorating, due to …
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April 2023 Like many waterfront towns, the southern Ontario town of Niagara-on-the-Lake was once a shipping port, transporting goods and people across Lake Ontario and back. Railways were a big part of that transportation system, going back to the first half of the 19th Century. The Erie and Ontario Railway (E&ORR), the third railroad in …
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April 2023 In speaking about electric vehicles to a young-looking cashier at my local grocery store, I was surprised to learn that she was not at all interested in owning one herself. I thought the younger generation were all on board with “saving the planet,” having been told for years by Al Gore and Greta …
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April 2023 I’m frankly confused why jurisdictions like Toronto, and Ontario in general, complain about a lack of affordable housing. In many cities across Ontario, there are numerous empty, or underused, municipal and provincially-owned buildings that could easily be converted into affordable housing. Municipalities and provincial ministries that have inherited housing from closed from closed …
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April 2023 While I would never accuse Doug Ford of being an environmental zealot like Steven Gilbeault, the insistence that by pulling “…critical minerals out of the ground to put in the EV vehicles and the batteries to make sure we take cars off the road,” doesn’t really make a lot of environmental sense when …
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April 2023 The waterfront of the southern Ontario cities of Burlington and Hamilton used to be dotted with cottages, built for wealthy area residents to escape the summer heat. While most have been demolished in favour of giant mansions and parkland, especially on the Burlington side, and an assortment of businesses, one century-old cottage remains …
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March 2023 At 1pm on Monday, March 20, a small contingent from Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Angus at Base Borden gathered at the cenotaph in the Village of Angus, just north of the base. Lead by Depot Commanding Officer Major Marvin Lacea, CD, they were there to honour the six civilians and one airman who …
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March 2023 As a retired police officer, I understand that a person is innocent until proven guilty, and Don Valley North Member of Parliament (MP) Han Dong may not have done anything contrary to the best interests of Canada, including being a agent for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). That said, I do have a …
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March 2023 On 11 March, over two hundred fifty participants celebrated the Centennial Gala for His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) STAR, Hamilton’s Naval Reserve Division at LIUNA Station. The architecturally grand former Canadian National Railway station on James Street North, now a banquet facility called LiUNA Station, has been around almost as long as HMCS …
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March 2023 Not far from the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls, Ontario, is the former Lyons Creek Elementary School. Opened in 1955 at as two-room school, it saw the addition of two additional rooms in 1959. The small school had a brief life, as declining enrolment throughout the 1960s resulted in the Niagara District School …
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