Newington ON – If you think Health Care in Ontario is bad, just wait till September when you see how badly Dalton McGuinty has screwed up our Educational System. $1.5 billion per year is being spent on three and four year olds to attend full day/every day kindergarten.  Teachers making $70,000 plus, ECE’s (Early Childhood Educators)Continue Reading

Cornwall ON – The latest round in the census story has seen the Chief Statistician resign. While not an earth shattering event for the general public, who probably didn’t even know the position existed until yesterday, it helps to feed the media line of a government in crisis. Certainly atContinue Reading

Dear Editor: The McGuinty Government’s handling of the eco fees issue has been a complete fiasco.  There was no plan to protect consumers from being blindsided by these new eco fees on July 1 at the same time as the introduction of the HST. The Ontario NDP support the concept ofContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – The Honourable Attorney General Chris Bentley stated that “no one is going to be left hanging.” in reference to victims of historical sexual abuse in Cornwall. Well Chris, you’ve left almost 200 people hanging for over 7 months. Remember when you cancelled recommended counselling services  and triedContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – According to Statistics Canada, about half a million Canadians actively participate in cycling as a sport. I have now become one of them. Many more cycle to work. Cycling is now the fourth most popular non-team sport in the country. Of those who actively participate (you haveContinue Reading

Cornall ON – Well the summer flurry of fairs and exhibitions is in full swing.  These are wonderful events which offer the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and to meet new ones.  Attending these events often includes purchasing a meal on site and everything always tastes better when someoneContinue Reading

Newington ON – Premier Dalton McGuinty created a lucrative program called “microFIT” for small producers of solar electricity across Ontario.   A producer would be able to benefit by selling the electricity on the grid for a subsidized price of 80.2 cents per kilowatt hour.  That’s 20 times the price paid for nuclear power.  MostContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – We have a double dose of Keith Beardsley’s View From the Hill for you today! Iggy Express dropping into communities all across Canada This summer will see the Iggy Express dropping into communities all across Canada. If we believe the Liberal spin this will be the mostContinue Reading

Letter to the editor, Kudos goes out to Prime Minister Stephen Harper for choosing our new Governor General, David Johnston. David Johnston has a distinguished academic record; he is a legal scholar and was president of the University of Waterloo.  He is 69 years old, married to a doctor and has fiveContinue Reading

Mr. Bentley: We have written numerous letters to your office in the last seven months, some as private letters, but mostly as letters composed by our committee.  They have gone unheeded and we continue to get back as a resource a Transition Services List that includes few agencies that evenContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Get W.E.T. with the water efficiency team from the Raisin Region Conservation Authority this summer. The goal of this team is to provide tools and information to make “homeowners in our community aware of water conservation and general environmental stewardship”.  Call the Water Efficiency Team at 1-866-3611Continue Reading

Regarding the recent announcement of the new “Police Motorcycle”, really begs the question, why are we not sharing this service with the OPP? Recently, our city police force gave up on our “police dog” program, opting for sharing the service with the OPP. Our taxpayers are being stretched to the limitContinue Reading