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Remember the great race game Totopoly?
At one time or another, most people have played the board game Monopoly. But how many have played Totopoly? A classic horse racing game invented in 1937, I first played it in England with my brothers in the closing years of the Second World War. The game is played with 12 horses on a two-sided […]
Read Directions Before Using to “Avoid It Fall Down”
Fellow columnist David Simmonds who pens an often hilarious column in the Wellington Times, devoted one of his efforts a couple months ago to those directions, or lack thereof, that accompany products we buy. Often, as he pointed out, the directions or user guide will be very general in nature, and refer to several different […]
Shotgun with Sherry – Four jobs, no holiday
Episode 2: Four Jobs, No Holiday NDP candidate Sherry Hayes talks about a young couple she knows who work four jobs between them, but still can’t afford even a modest weekend holiday for their family. More videos at http://sherryhayes.ca/ Campaign offices: 373 Front St., Belleville; 23 Bridge St., W. Bancroft. Mail: to 159 George St., […]
It will take courage to control the deficit
Green candidate Treat Hull discusses Ontario’s record deficit and what should be done about it. More videos at http://www.give-em-hull.ca/ Contact Treat: http://www.give-em-hull.ca/ Green campaign office above Miss Lily’s Cafe, Picton. Belleville office 59 Dundas East., (noon to 6 p.m.) Phone for both: 613-476-8700. facebook.com/Hull4GPO twitter.com/GiveEmHull linkedin.com/in/treathull
Bring healthy local food back to hospitals
Green candidate Treat Hull has released a trio of videos on issues important to Hastings and Prince Edward riding voters. Above, he supports putting healthy, local food back into public institutions, including local hospitals. Click this link to see what Hull has to say on Controlling the Deficit and Why Give ‘Em Hull. Green campaign […]
Treat Hull attacks deficit at Belleville all-candidates’ meeting
Treat Hull, Green Party candidate for Prince Edward – Hastings, delivered the following opening remarks earlier this evening to the Belleville Chamber of Commerce All-Candidates’ Meeting at the Empire Theater: “As Green Party Candidate for Prince Edward-Hastings I hope to offer the voters in the riding a real choice and a clear alternative that is […]
NDP’s Sherry Hayes on the campaign trail
Campaign offices: 373 Front St., Belleville; 23 Bridge St., W. Bancroft. Mail: to 159 George St., Belleville ON K8N 3H1. Phone: 613-966-0485 Email: abh99@sympatico.ca twitter.com/sherryhayesndp Visit on Facebook Sherry Hayes on YouTube
Treat Hull calls for conservation, energy purchases from Quebec
Treat Hull, Green Party of Ontario candidate for Prince Edward-Hastings, addressed a capacity all-candidate’s meeting on energy in Picton last night where he called for increasing investment in conservation and for purchasing water-generated power from Quebec. In his prepared opening remarks, he said: “As Green Party Candidate for Prince Edward-Hastings, I am committed to offering […]
Stories reminded me of the magic of Main Duck Island
I recently read with great interest the articles on countylive.ca (here: http://www.countylive.ca/?p=17187) and in the Picton Gazette about the visit to Main Duck Island to inspect the lighthouses with the intention of saving them. Janet Elson and Jason Parks chronicled their visit there with photographs and some history of Main Duck provided by Marc Seguin […]
