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Editorial: Change is here
Last Friday, Doug Ford became Ontario’s 26th premier. He holds a 76 seat majority at Queen’s Park, and for the next four years, he is our premier. He was elected with a mandate to bring […]
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Editorial: Sixty years of progress
It was all in the name of progress. The culminating event of four years of construction and decades of planning came down to one big ‘boom’. July 1st, 1958, the blowing of the coffer dam […]
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Editorial: The road to ruin?
The largest road transfer deal in South Dundas since amalgamation became official last week with both the municipal and county councils approving the transfer of County Road 4. That road, also known as Lakeshore Drive, […]
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Editorial: Point of order
Combined, the members of this South Dundas council have a total of almost 37 years of experience, sitting at a council table and, as a council, working with regulatory bylaws. Yet this group continues to […]
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Editorial: Distinct voting choices
What is abundantly clear from the past four weeks on the campaign trail, voters in Ontario and here in Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry are being given very different voting choices. Rather than lecture readers on why they […]
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Editorial: Do the job ourselves
The strike currently affecting paramedic and social services is moving into its third week. The strike is between Cornwall, and three different CUPE locals. While the strike continues, residents are affected through reduced or non-existent […]
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Editorial: If you can mark an ‘X’
One of Newfoundland comedian Greg Toomey’s best-known characters from This Hour has 22 Minutes is Jerry Boyle, leader of the Newfoundland Separation Federation. His line, “If you can mark an X, then you’re my kind […]
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Editorial: The best laid plans?
Government spending and election promises are fickle things. Before the election began, Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford pledged that he would find four cents of savings for every dollar the government spends. Once the writ […]
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Editorial: Generous role models
Community is a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. In South Dundas we are very fortunate that the common characteristic here is generosity. This community is […]
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Editorial: Election game on
Ever have a neighbour who only talks to you when he wants something? It seems that is how most provincial or federal politicians are when it comes to Eastern Ontario and specifically our riding here […]