Our Town and Its Business

My daughter and I drove through the new industrial park on Leslie Street on Monday. It was a beautiful day. The sky was high, wide, incredib...

The immediate response to my last post was so slight, I got discouraged. I monopolized Anna Lozyk Romano’s blog instead. I know Anna doesn...

Less by design than accident , I retrieved the Regional Publication from the re-cycling box at Christmas. It’s the first one I’ve seen. To-d...

A Councillor is not allowed to impugn the motives of another Councillor. Rightly so. According to rules of debate, it compels focus on the q...

A poll in one of the town’s weekly publication poses a patently foolish question about municipal autonomy and gun control. It arises from a ...

The late Jack Layton had a highly successful career in Toronto politics before he became Leader of New Democrats. He didn’t keep his party a...

I caught a glimpse of the Prime Minister expressing regrets once more for injustice inflicted on past generations of original inhabitants of...

I watched a movie , The Lincoln Lawyer, on Netflicks last night. There wasn’t much depth to it.But it made me realize something. From having...

Union leaders are paid executive salaries. They have to be elected. The more successful they are in bargaining ,the more likely to be re-ele...

$83 million may be small change in the over-all OHIP budget but it’s surely worth saving. The global briefing has details of services no lo...

CNN knows they are lying. They keep a running tally . SO WHY  GIVE THEM A PLATFORM FOR LIES. ‘’When muck is thrown , some of it always s...

Global News briefing has a story today about the Liberal Leader being in the Provincial Premier’s backyard in Mississuaga on Sunday. He was ...

It was a struggle when I started writing the blog. Particularly on the edit. I would spend hours writing and re-writing and then somehow, I ...

The $5 million contract let by the town  in August for the Wild Life Refuge is what spurred me to  write. the blog again. It’s taken till no...

My grandson Aaron found the right keyboard to use with the Ipad. His sister Robyn found a small tray table that sits on my walker while I s...

My backyard is 63ft wide by50ft deep. I installed a pool when my children were young. It measures 32ft long by 16ft wide. A concrete deck ,p...

I’m still practising. Reaching down for whatever might be lurking just below the surface of my mind. This may not get published because I’m ...

So ...I’m back...It’s going to take a while to get used to a keyboard again and in fact, I’m not using it now. For a reason unbeknown to me...

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " ONE STEP FORWARD ":  Oh please get back to writing. Your views/opinions will alway...

I didn't just stop writing.Several half-written blog posts are on hold,untitled and now out of date.  I've  been commenting on Faceb...