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Editorial: Silence is deafening
For over half a year, the St. Lawrence Parks’ commission has dangled the idea that the historic train display at Crysler Park was going to be leaving South Dundas. Since the ordeal began, a process […]
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Editorial: Decorum and civility
We live in a time where often thoughtless comments are rampant and outright rudeness has grown common. It would appear that people’s filters are no longer being used. Have we entered a time where civility […]
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Editorial: The Price of Freedom
In every city, every village, every small town, in every hamlet throughout Canada you can see them: grey stone monuments, earnest statues, plaques with names engraved in neat rows. Time and the weather have not […]
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Wanderings: Keeping the holidays straight…
It’s almost November 1st and you know what that means? Valentine’s Day candy will soon hit the store shelves. Wait a minute. It’s not even Christmas yet. Stop in at a Walmart and it’s been […]
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Editorial: If you build it…
At the October 15th South Dundas council meeting, the beginning of a big idea took root, an idea which has the potential to benefit the South Dundas community and this region for many generations. Council […]
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Editorial: Voting reform needed
If the results of the October 21st election are any indication, there is a real need to reform our voting system. The First-Past-The-Post system that has governed how we elect our representatives for 152 years […]
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Editorial: The tale of two elections
There clearly has been two different election campaigns going on this fall. The national campaign has been filled with vitriol and mud slinging; the local campaign has been anything but that. The common theme from […]
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Editorial: Time to overhaul?
At a recent Committee of the Whole meeting, South Dundas council voiced the need to set up waste management as a separate department from Public Works. Dealing with our waste management issues, including landfills, is […]
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Editorial: A thousand little promises
Canadians are halfway through this Federal Election campaign. While the local MP campaigns have been largely quiet and without debate, the national campaigns have drawn a majority of the attention. Party leaders have been rolling […]
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Obituary: Ken Carruthers
At the Dundas Manor Nursing Home, Winchester, on Saturday, September 28, 2019, Ken Carruthers, formerly of Morewood, age 81. Loving husband of Marilyn Carruthers (nee Steinburg). Loving father of Lee of Iroquois, Douglas (Tammy) of […]