Dear Sir: Recently Barry Millet of Summerstown wrote somewhat scathingly that Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, has it all wrong with regard to the pharmacist situation. Mr. Millett, in my opinion, has it all wrong. The pharmacies are to be denied $750 million in professional allowances they receive from genericContinue Reading
Stand up for Accountability Strengthen the power of the Auditor General • Increase funding for the Office of the Auditor General to ensure she has the necessary resources to conduct a complete audit of grant and contribution programs and of any such departments, agencies, and Crown corporations as she deemsContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – As I write this there’s an awful lot of oil heading towards the Louisiana coastline; some of which has already advanced into pockets and is impacting wildlife and the environment. So far very little has been done; and it looks like this will be even bigger than theContinue Reading
Do you want a say in how or what garbage is handled in Cornwall? Cornwall ON – Your opportunity has arrived. The City of Cornwall invites and encourages your input on present and future ways to manage the City’s waste production. Your attendance is welcome at a public meeting thisContinue Reading
Dear Mr Brownell, In a democratic society, the people have the final say. When a government is elected, it does not give it unilateral power to do whatever it sees fit. Not everyone voted for a Liberal candidate. In fact, in the 2007 provincial election, only 42% of voters selectedContinue Reading
Hats Off to Milliken by Keith Beardsley Ottawa ON – Peter Milliken has given a reasoned explanation and defence of the superiority of the rights of Parliament. At the same time, the Speaker has asked the warring factions to get together and come up with a solution over the next two weeks. Surely, if allContinue Reading
Dear Sir: Times are a changing and we do seem to be going in a circular fashion from the past to the present and back again in one fell swoop. I am thinking, particularly, of those old fashioned days when every one kept a few chickens in their backyard and perhaps even aContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – The government has given notice that it will introduce legislation that allows for an extra two advanced polling days during an election. Obviously they hope that more of us will vote. Giving Canadians two extra days to vote is all well and good, but that assumes CanadiansContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The Cornwall Free News & Seawayradio.com are proud to announce a new Political Column written by Mr. Keith Beardsley. Welcome to “View from the Hill”. In the days ahead, this column will look at what is happening in Ottawa and discuss why everyday Canadians should be payingContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I love my dog. This is Lily. She’s a Basenji and is in her “Golden Years”. As she nears her 15th birthday she’s slowing down a bit. She’s lost some teeth which is genetic for line sadly which makes it harder when she flipsContinue Reading
I’m sure there is going to be a public outcry against McGuinty’s new sex education curriculum, but I would like to present another perspective. After my last letter, “Confronting Homophobia in our Schools, I can just imagine the feedback on this one! According tocbc.ca, grade 6 students will learn aboutContinue Reading
Insulating your Attic – Part 2 by Richard Komorowski Cornwall ON – At the end of the last article, I promised to deal with basement insulation. However, because of space and time constraints, I left a lot unsaid about insulating the attic. Last time, we dealt mostly with fibreglass insulation, whichContinue Reading
ROGER SAUVÉ – Life Trends – Facts And Figures That Matter to You – Life is changing for both men and women Bob Dylan released “The Times They are a-Changin” in 1964. He was right at the time. Some four decades later, the change continues. My new report, Canadian Gender Realities 2010,Continue Reading
What to do in Cornwall as Earth Day celebrates 40 years? Cornwall ON – April 22nd 2010 marks the 40th Anniversary of our celebration of Earth Day. Looking at the www.earthday.org site it asks us to ‘join the more than one billion people in 190 countries that are taking actionContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The Real War on drugs takes place each and every day. It’s not cocaine; it’s not Mary Jane as one of our radio guests call it. It’s pharmaceuticals and the pressures from big drug companies on Medicare. Recently Ontario slashed the prices pharmacies are allowed to chargeContinue Reading
HST will make life less affordable for Cornwall families Toronto ON – Cornwall residents shouldn’t be fooled by the cheery talk Revenue Minister John Wilkinson used when he was in Cornwall on Thursday (April 15) to portray his government’s Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The HST is a bad deal for OntarioContinue Reading
Dear Sir: Today I received, in my mailbox, yet another Guy Lauzon scam newsletter. This latest scam is entitled “Getting Things Done For SDSG”. It is an 11 inches by 16 inches printed paper containing four pages of gobble-de-gook and of course the mandatory photograph of our less than competent member ofContinue Reading
What is that slow moving creature on the road? Summerstown ON – That slow moving shelled creature is probably one of the 8 out of 9 species of turtles in Ontario which are on the species at risk of extinction list. Yes Folks….please reread this sentence again. This is due toContinue Reading