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Editorial: A Buckley’s budget
Budget season is not over. The federal budget will be tabled next week, and the provincial budget is due April 11th. As Canadians are going to the polls this fall, the federal budget will be […]
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Editorial: Connecting the community
Building and maintaining connections within any community is important. In the rural parts of the community, that means roads. South Dundas has a good network of roads, and they are mostly in good repair. In […]
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Editorial: Thanks for the memories
It is a little like saying good-bye to an old friend. The Iroquois-Matilda Lions Club has announced that this year it will no longer host its Canada Day celebrations up at the Point in Iroquois. […]
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Editorial: Lasting legacies
The 2019 budget process is starting to wind down for South Dundas council, and one thing that stands out as a future priority is village infrastructure. That priority has not been set by this council. […]
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Wanderings: The best holiday of the year?
Out of all the holidays on the calendar, from Christmas to Easter, Canada Day to Thanksgiving, is there a holiday celebrated in Ontario that is better than Family Day? I don’t think there is. Look […]
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Editorial: Breaking a broken system
Since changes made by Premier Kathleen Wynne in 2016, children diagnosed with Autism have had to face long wait lists for government-supported therapy. Those wait lists were originally to be between three-to-six months. In many […]
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Editorial: Targeting the right needs
Over the past several weeks, the provincial government has made several announcements about funding for hospitals across Ontario: just in the last week alone, over $900-million worth. Those announcements however are not really targeting all […]
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Editorial: Thank you Guy
This past Saturday Guy Lauzon announced his upcoming retirement as member of Parliament for this riding. Guy has been a tireless advocate for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry for 15 years. Always a welcome face at events throughout […]
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Editorial: Forward progress
Heritage in South Dundas was a hot-button issue during the 2018 municipal election. Contentious issues surrounding the Forward House and Carman House dominated the past council’s agenda for most of the year. With the dust […]
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Editorial: Time to catch the bus
The recent round of provincial gas tax rebates was announced, with increases given to municipalities which have transit systems. Communities like Brockville and Cornwall saw some of those increases: South Dundas and the other municipalities […]