Happy Earth Day Earthlings!
Please forgive me. It wasn't my intention to write another editorial about sustainability, but tomorrow is Earth Day, and I just couldn't help myself.
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A gag, but no joke
Elsewhere in this issue you’ll find not one, but two press releases concerning the deal arrived at between the Municipality of North Grenville and...
The boys are back in town
Another year over, and a new one just begun... It used to be that a New Year involved looking back fondly on the year...
Working and waiting
Hard to believe anything could take the headlines away from Covid-19, but the proposed Greater Ottawa Correctional Facility has done it. The announcement on...
Thoughts on International Women’s Day
by Nancy Peckford
On behalf of myself and my Council colleagues, we join with communities across Canada, and around the world, to celebrate International Women’s...
Summertime
Yes, summer has arrived at last. And it’s not only the hot weather that tells me that: there’s also the extremely busy weekends that...
The games people play
By Peter Johnson
Did you hear that 'bang' last Thursday evening? I think it was the door slamming shut on the last day of March....
Country roads
It seems strange to think now that, back in 1997, when amalgamation was the main topic of conversation, the Council of the Town of...
Another brick in the wall
One of the big words of the century, so far, has been “silo”, the idea that things are separated into categories or departments, effectively...
Revolution
We do live in interesting times, which, as you may know, is considered a curse in some cultures. In an incredibly fast process, the...