Opinion

The Ontario government introduced legislation April 2, which will further blur the lines between provincial and municipal governance in areas of the province. The Better Regional Governance Act, if passed, will restructure the upper-tier municipal […]

Since 1997, the Ontario government has released its “sunshine list”, a grotesque list of government workers who earn $100,000 or more per year. That list also includes employees from municipalities, school boards, hospitals, police services, […]

What should have been a good-news story has turned into a can of worms in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry. A program that plants trees along the sides of county roads as […]

On March 13, the Ontario government announced sweeping changes to its freedom of information laws. The reforms mainly protect internal communications. These include discussions within the provincial cabinet, the Premier’s Office, and between cabinet ministers […]

Media in Canada — whether it be print, radio, television, or digital — continues to be in a precarious situation. On a yearly basis, we see the closure of traditional media, and in some cases […]

Elementary and secondary school students will have longer bus travel times, longer distances to bus stops, and potentially longer walking distances without bus transportation available, if changes are not made before the start of the […]

While South Dundas council was unable to discuss the latest iteration of the municipality’s plan for the village plazas in Morrisburg and Iroquois due to a lack of quorum, residents and business owners have a […]

The British Columbia community of Tumbler Ridge has roughly the same population as Morrisburg and Iroquois combined. Last week, one of the worst horrors that could happen in a community and to the families involved […]

Former Premier Bill Davis was responsible for creating much of the post-secondary education system available in Ontario. He was often quoted, saying, “If we get education right, everything else will be better.” Education is the […]

Planning is well underway to connect the St. Lawrence Parks Commission’s Upper Canada Village campus and the Riverside-Cedar Campground to South Dundas’ municipal water and wastewater systems. This is part of the $82 million in […]