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April 03, 2013
It’s an interesting question, one that deserves a full discussion — when Elmira’s groundwater is cleaned up to Ontario drinking water standards, will we be confident enough to drink it?
April 02, 2013
St. Marys Journal Argus editorial: Years ago, when the provincial government first started requiring the publication of the so-called “Sunshine List” of public sector employees in Ontario who earn more than $100,000 per year, it was accepted by this newspaper that readers would be interested in at least a snapshot of the list’s membership. It has become an increasingly arduous task, however, trying to weed out the pertinent information from the annual online Public Sector Disclosure Act posting.
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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 [...]"
March 28, 2013
Elmira Independent Editorial: It is not difficult to see why such emotion surfaced at last week's meeting in Maryhill, regarding the future of St. Boniface school.
March 27, 2013
Exeter Times-Advocate Editorial: It's an issue that isn't fading in controversy and likely won't for years, if ever.
March 27, 2013
Arthur Enterprise News / Mount Forest Confederate editorial: Wellington North Mayor Ray Tout did the right thing when he publicly apologized to Jens Dam during Monday evening’s council meeting.
March 27, 2013
Enterprise News Editorial: It wasn’t long after the release of the federal budget last week, that political commentators were suggesting it’s the first steps in a lengthy pre-election campaign strategy.
March 27, 2013
Wingham Advance-Times editorial: Last week, police officers and emergency services people bid farewell to one of their own, a 26-year-old Guelph police officer, Const. Jennifer Kovach, killed in a traffic collision while on duty March 14.
March 27, 2013
Listowel Banner / Minto Express editorial: We’re getting rather fed up with scammers taking advantage of decent citizens. It seems every week there’s a new scam, a new victim and a new story.
March 26, 2013
Sebringville trucking firm recently lost a decades-old contract after the provincial government required healthcare providers to send out Requests for Proposals for contracted-out work.
March 25, 2013
Elmira Independent Editorial: It’s rare for this paper to recommend that councillors spend more money on something, but we can’t help ourselves. It just makes sense.
March 20, 2013
Arthur Enterprise News / Fergus-Elora News Express / Mount Forest Confederate editorial: The Canada Revenue Agency has decided to force people to file their income tax online.
March 20, 2013
Exeter Times-Herald / Wingham Advance Times editorial: One topic at the forefront of discussion in many rural municipal council chambers across the province is the need for a bit of flexibility on the part of the province regarding land use regulations, not to mention less red tape. The focal point seems to be the Provincial Policy Statement on agricultural land. However, the issue goes far deeper, even touching the contentious wind turbine situation.
March 20, 2013
Minto Express editorial: A Wellington County farm business wishes to share an experience with local businesses, hoping it can be of value to readers.
March 18, 2013
Elmira Independent Editorial: This is the time of year when farmers are beginning to think about getting into the fields, of the long days ahead of getting ready for the growing season to come.
March 14, 2013
Listowel Banner editorial: A reader brought this news story from Listowel, Ireland, into the Banner office recently.
March 14, 2013
Minto Express editorial: There’s some kind of rustic poeticism (even a kind of genius) in rhyming “stinko” with “Inco” that’s so distinctly Canadian — and so distinctly Stompin’ Tom Connors — that those who first heard Sudbury Saturday Night on Connors’ centennial year debut album The Northlands’ Own Tom Connors knew that a unique new talent had arrived in our midst.
March 14, 2013
Wingham Advance-Times editorial: It seems the Quebec language watchdogs have done it again.
March 13, 2013
St. Marys Journal Argus editorial: The crackdown on buck and does is just another example of public safety infringing on personal freedoms.