The last few weeks on the front page of a Toronto newspaper the headline in bold letters was about police telling lies in court. However, the story buried in the paper that should also have been on the front page was headlined, “Baby’s cry brings joy to officer.”
The sudden resignation of Elizabeth Witmer from the Ontario PC opposition party has put a smile on my face.
The discussions at Queens Park between Premier Dalton McGuinty and NDP leader Andrea Horwath to get the minority liberal budget approved were predicta ...
The expenses reports of Niagara Regional councillors are something I have questioned many times but made little progress in reform.
Taxpayers in Ontario have the results of two budgets, provincial and federal, in the last few weeks that clearly do not give any hope to Niagara that help is on the way.
NORM PUTTICK/Straight Talk My latest column suggested the slots at Fort Erie could be retained if the opposition NDP and Conservatives had the courage to do so. I want to ...
Niagara Falls Council have requested the Region of Niagara name the extension of the yet-to-be-build section of Thorold Stone Road that will service the Gale Centre after Terry Fox.
The slots in Fort Erie are to close. The decision on Casino Niagara will come today. It no doubt will be left open.
I can think of four well-known former public servants who were in the true sense of the word dedicated to serving their Niagara constituents without all the so-called robocalls and vikileaks.
Ronald Reagan, during a debate when running for U.S. president, turned to his opponent and uttered the famous phrase: "Well, there you go again."
The Niagara Falls Council has moved their meetings to Tuesday from Monday so they can have more time to study and contact staff for answers to questions on the agenda. They also will have fewer meetings during the year; as one councillor s ...
An article in a Toronto newspaper that the council and mayor of the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville voted to give themselves a 43 per cent salary increase has now been updated. The raises have been cut to 18.6 per cent.
U.S. presidential candidate Newt Gingrich mentioned Prime Miniister Stephen Harper during the second Florida debate as a conservative when discussing the proposed pipeline from Alberta. Gingrich and Harper would circumvent the present proce ...
The federal government has announced it will hold budget meetings across Canada to get public input in these very difficult fiscal times. These events are usually by invitation to those who agree with the idea that all budget cuts do not in ...
Ontario's promised tuition rebate of $1,600 to assist those wishing to attend university or college is now revealed as not assisting those students who did not proceed to higher learning from high school, but waited more than four years to ...
I offer some thoughts that will lead to several questions about why Niagara’s chambers of commerce along with taxpayer "watchdogs" do not begin the process of holding municipal governments accountable for spending, especially since federa ...
Many times when helping family build or add on to their homes over the years and picking up one block I think of that advice. So common sense tells me over the next six months I am going to aim to lose two cement blocks of weight. Also, don ...
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