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May 23, 2013
If one good thing can said to have come from the multiple gravel pit applications that have been the focus of much attention for the last several years, it is this — that citizens have become much more engaged with municipal politics
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Sunday, April, 07, 2013 - 12:12:40 PM
An ill wind that blows no good "Sorry, that figure should be 1,000 anti-wind websites. I hit an extra zero by mistake, instead of the comma."
Sunday, April, 07, 2013 - 12:12:44 PM
An ill wind that blows no good "Excellent article, except for one glaring error.
"people on the other side of the Atlantic appear to like them"
That is completely erroneous and is something the wind industry loves to mislead us with. There are over 10000 anti-wind websites"
Saturday, March, 23, 2013 - 1:01:35 AM
Ratepayer wins OMB appeal "[...] both OMB appeals Wednesday, March, 20, 2013 - 9:09:43 AM Won both OMB appeals Re: Ratepayer wins OMB appeal (The Confederate, March 13) and Township of Wellington North press [...]"
May 22, 2013
Now we’ll just have to wait and see whether the expanded Fergus library branch and the BIA’s riverwalk landscaping project will revitalize downtown Fergus, as many hope.
May 22, 2013
It was lovely to see the Mount Forest Heritage Society, Museum and Archives receive special recognition for the tremendous amount of work the large group of volunteers has been doing for the past 10 years in preserving our past.
May 22, 2013
Exeter Times-Advocate Editorial: The list of municipalities declaring themselves "unwilling hosts" to projects such as industrial wind turbine farms continues to grow.
May 22, 2013
It must be something in the air. Over the past couple of weeks, there appears to have been a veritable epidemic of impaired driving incidents in this area. Those charged include teens and seniors, both men and women, driving everything from old pickup trucks to snazzy sports cars, and stopped by the police at various times of the day and night.
About all they appear to have in common is a blatant and potentially lethal disregard for the law – the one that states people have to be sober when operating a motor vehicle.
May 22, 2013
The building collapse in Bangladesh that killed hundreds is more than a tragic indictment of a system that pays workers in developing countries a pittance so we in the affluent west can have cheap clothing; it is a horrifying glimpse at our own past.The Bangladesh disaster is a human rights issue, a workplace safety issue, a women’s issue.
And make no mistake, it is our issue. There are lessons to be learned from this tragedy; we need to learn quickly. In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City killed 146 of the 500 workers who put in long hours in horrendous conditions.
One of the reasons the death toll was so high was the factory owner had apparently locked the fire escape door. Workers had to leave the building through a single exit, one at a time, to prevent theft. They put up with that and other indignities, as well as dangerous working conditions, because they needed the work.
May 15, 2013
Last evening the Mount Forest District Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Spring Excellence Awards dinner and announced the winners of the community’s Young Citizen, Citizen of the Year and Customer Service Awards, along with a “new this year” Corporate Citizen of the Year award. And, as in previous years, the names of the winners are not announced in advance, not given to the press for publication before this week’s deadline to have the paper to the press.
May 15, 2013
Enterprise News Express Editorial - If local municipalities acted in a similar fashion to the provincial government, there would be a simple outcome to the province’s decision to cut funding for Highway 6 through Fergus: Centre Wellington would close the highway to provincial traffic.
May 15, 2013
Every year, more than 100 people die in farm accidents across Canada.
May 15, 2013
The building collapse in Bangladesh that killed hundreds is more than a tragic indictment of a system that pays workers in developing countries a pittance so we in the affluent west can have cheap clothing; it is a horrifying glimpse at our own past.
The Bangladesh disaster is a human rights issue, a workplace safety issue, a women’s issue. And make no mistake, it is our issue. There are lessons to be learned from this tragedy; we need to learn quickly.
In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City killed 146 of the 500 workers who put in long hours in horrendous conditions. One of the reasons the death toll was so high was the factory owner had apparently locked the fire escape door. Workers had to leave the building through a single exit, one at a time, to prevent theft. They put up with that and other indignities, as well as dangerous working conditions, because they needed the work.
May 10, 2013
Ontarians are rapidly being faced with two choices, when considering the growing estimated cost for scrapping the planned gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga.
May 08, 2013
Exeter Times-Advocate Editorial: A new federal Liberal leader, a new set of Conservative attack ads – the process has become as dependable as the swarms of mosquitoes that follow a summer storm, and just as annoying. What is even more annoying is those attack ads appear to have worked with the last two Liberal leaders.
May 08, 2013
May 08, 2013
A new federal Liberal leader, a new set of Conservative attack ads – the process has become as dependable as the swarms of mosquitoes that follow a summer storm, and just as annoying. What is even more annoying is those attack ads appear to have worked with the last two Liberal leaders.
Clearly gone are the days when the voters of this country were willing to forgive the occasional misstep, even scandal, on Parliament Hill.
Sir John A. Macdonald’s government fell as a result of the Pacific Scandal in 1873 when it was discovered he had been accepting substantial bribes from the builder of the Canadian Pacific Railway, but Sir John A. went on to win the election of 1878 – his sixth majority. In today’s political climate, even a hint of something like that would deep six any chance of re-election.
May 08, 2013
We’ve been getting the full gamut of political set-pieces in the past weeks, those well-choreographed presentations repeated time after time until they become utterly meaningless.