The gold medal won by Alexandre Bilodeau in men’s moguls broke any notion that Canadians are…
Editorials
Changes in Toronto welcome
For many years Toronto politicians have failed to balance budgets and raise taxes, giving many…
From cradle to grave: for real?
Once again the spectre of a national daycare plan is making headlines. According to a Toronto…
When youre done …
It’s been a tough week for the City of Guelph. On Monday, council accepted a staff report to…
No great surprise here
Recognizing the dozens of years of public sector work under his belt, we found meeting investigator…
True Patriot Love
Almost a full week after the closing ceremonies, we’re still beaming about the Olympic Games…
Easy money
It all looks so good on TV. Fun, fun, fun. The latest lottery commercial to catch our…
Cheque please
Jokes abound about the wise guy who heads for the washroom at a restaurant just before the bill…
Pet peeves
Whether a function of age, dissatisfaction with the cold snap gripping the county, or too little…
Heres to a year of good choices
Barring earth shattering News, 2009 will fade into the night as a new decade begins. Our hope is…
Christmas message
As the final touches are put on this publication and it heads off to press, little men and women…
Quite a quandary
Canadians are off to the polls again – the fourth time in seven years. Voters we have spoken…
Paying the piper
It was not many years ago that reporters sat through boring insurance presentations at council and…
Procedural snags
Political correctness and its cousins, “openness” and “transparency,” are…
Join the club
Mapleton council faced a tough conundrum on Oct. 11. The purpose of the meeting, in part, was to…