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Editorial: Out of the box infrastructure idea

March 21, 2024 Editor

Municipalities in Ontario are facing a chicken-and-the-egg problem in handling infrastructure and the growing housing crisis. It has been well documented that the province needs more housing for the ever-growing population. Just as well documented […]

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Editorial: Homelessness Maze needs the right people

March 14, 2024 Editor

No one asks to become homeless or unhoused. It is a problem that is growing in rural communities across Eastern Ontario, including here in South Dundas. Fueled by the obstacles of rapid inflation, skyrocketing housing […]

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Editorial: The fortitude to do more with less

March 7, 2024 Editor

Municipalities in Eastern Ontario have a financial problem – living within their means. This has been reported on by The Leader and many other news outlets. Record high tax increases to residents, high spending, all […]

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Editorial – Downloading services by stealth

February 29, 2024 Editor

Last week, SDG Counties councillors agreed to spend money from operating reserves to fund requests from two non-profit organizations in the region. The requests granted, $130,000 for the United Way Last Resort Fund, and $66,979 […]

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Editorial – Pharmacare plan should go all-in

February 22, 2024 Editor

The federal Liberal party maintains its minority government through a Supply and Confidence agreement with the federal NDP. That agreement set out several key policies that the NDP wants implemented in exchange for their party’s […]

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Editorial: Two-tier health care is already here

February 15, 2024 Editor

For nearly a decade, Ontario’s doctors have been allowed to charge patients for services that were not paid for through OHIP. More recently, doctors offices have been more fastidious in collecting some fees for certain […]

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Editorial: A season’s worth of opportunity lost

February 8, 2024 Editor

As we reach the mid-point of the winter season, and we look forward to the approaching spring, it is difficult not to reflect on the lost opportunities in this region for recreation and tourism. While […]

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Editorial: Long term cost to waste management

February 1, 2024 Editor

Soon enough, South Dundas’ waste management issues are going to be someone else’s problem – at least for where the garbage will be put. After many plans, reports, and time spent by successive councils, South […]

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Editorial: Inflation is not the whole picture

January 25, 2024 Editor

The budget process for many municipalities across the province has seen a wide spectrum of increases, most of which are blamed on inflation and supply chain issues. While those excuses have some validity, they are […]

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Editorial: Public data must be available for all

January 18, 2024 Editor

SDG Counties’ Rural Education Committee got down to business last week, holding their first official working meeting and setting some priorities of what it plans to do this term. The biggest priority for this group […]

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