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January 18, 2012
Last week’s scrambling by the federal government to quell the uproar from border-crossing and off-shore husband/husband and wife/wife pairings appeared, at least on the surface, to quell something else: former Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s assertion that the ruling Conservatives are out to kill same-sex marriage.
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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 [...]"
January 18, 2012
Why is our middle class shrinking? Even ardent capitalists and fiscal conservatives are concerned about figures released at the start of the new year that show middle and lower income earners are losing ground, while top earners are claiming an ever-larger piece of the pie.
January 18, 2012
Why is our middle class shrinking? Even ardent capitalists and fiscal conservatives are concerned about figures released at the start of the new year that show middle and lower income earners are losing ground, while top earners are claiming an ever-larger piece of the pie.
January 18, 2012
Can all our drivers out there do us a favour, and just slow down?
January 18, 2012
Didn’t you know - everything’s fine here in Canada. The economic situation is rosy, we’ve recovered all the jobs lost during the 2008 recession, and the economy is set to grow - at least by some amount.
January 18, 2012
Didn’t you know - everything’s fine here in Canada. The economic situation is rosy, we’ve recovered all the jobs lost during the 2008 recession, and the economy is set to grow - at least by some amount.
January 18, 2012
Our hearts go out this week to the Martin family of RR 2, Kenilworth whose 11-year-old son, Landis, died as a result of injuries sustained in a buggy/truck collision last week.
January 17, 2012
The Canadian Medical Association wants doctors to withhold the gender of fetuses from parents until at least 30 weeks.
January 17, 2012
If you were taking your very first cruise on the Costa Concordia – the luxury cruise liner that stuck a coral reef and sank last Friday – I wonder if you would ever cruise again.
January 17, 2012
A new year always brings great promise. All the negative detritus of the past year is swept away to make way for the new. We get a clean slate at the start of every year; that we write on that slate, only time will tell.
January 12, 2012
According to the president of the London Economic Development Corporation, there are opportunities — thanks, in large part, to a corporate tax structure that, contrary to the perspectives offered by anti-Dalton McGuinty commentators, is very competitive with other jurisdictions around North America — for companies to set up shop in southwestern Ontario and create new jobs to help bring our towns and cities out of the economic doldrums. And the pot has been sweetened somewhat by the government’s recent announcement of the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund.
January 11, 2012
On behalf of the staff and residents of Greenwood Court I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all the wonderful entertainers and groups who came into Greenwood Court to share their Christmas cheer and talents.