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Ostrander Point Will Not Save the World
Has anyone noticed that the Ostrander Point wind turbine debate has progressed way beyond right or wrong, common sense or absurdity, green or grey? It is no longer a debate; it has become an obsession, a quest of sorts from a new wave of environmentalists who have suddenly taken a baffling interest in something in […]
No merging of hospital foundations
MUSKOKA – Muskoka’s two hospital foundation chairs met with the hospitals’ board to put the rumour mill to rest. Interesting story by Alison Brownlee, of CottageCountryNow.ca Click here to read it. * * * As stated in Alan R. Capon’s book “This House of Healing PECMH” the Prince Edward County Hospital Women’s Hospital Auxiliary decided […]
Councillor Lunn a breath of fresh air
Council seems to be rolling along dealing with all kinds of things, but I have yet to see anywhere a mention of cutting expenses. Oh well maybe that will come up soon. When someone retires unless it is absolutely necessary do not replace them. That is what other jurisdictions do. Alec you are a breath […]
County Gardener’s 2011 notebook
Wasn’t going to do as much this year planned to cut back and save the wear and tear but when I stood beside the bed something happened to my head there’s room for another Rudbeckia over here — Oh dear! It returns each spring like an old friend, the “first rose” of spring perennials, the […]
MPP Dombrowsky’s reply to Hospital Secrecy Clause
I recently wrote in my blog “The Renoy Report” (McGuinty MPPs Pass Hospital Secrecy Clause) that on May 5 six McGuinty MPPs voted to pass a loophole (Bill 173, Schedule 15) which allows CEOs of hospitals to deny requests for public access to an array of information regarding quality of healthcare in hospitals. On May […]
The magnificient Paris Galibier bicycle
Once upon a time, well over 60 years ago, I (and some other hometown enthusiasts) pedalled all the way from Ipswich to the Herne Hill cycling track in London – some 80 miles each way – to see Reg Harris, who was the professional world sprint champion cyclist in the 1950s. I had a lightweight […]
Local Residents Ignoring Our Point Pelee
The Birding Festival is over, or nearly so, at time of writing. Not one of the most successful years in its 15 year history, due to the weather earlier in the week. In fact, during one of my 8:00 a.m. guided walks, I had only three people – me and myself and I ! However, […]
Ad Astra stones honour air force service: ‘a flower fades, a stone never’
Around 10,000 “Ad Astra” memorial stones now line the shoulders of the walkways at the National Air Force Museum of Canada located at 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base, Trenton. Campbell Monument in Belleville has manufactured these granite stones since the inception of the program in January, 1996. The individual stones measure 6 inches by 10 […]
I have embraced the computer in the name of healthcare
Three weeks ago, after much soul searching, I made a decision to write a blog on healthcare for countylive.ca You may wonder why this was such a major decision for me, but until nine months ago I was actually “computer illiterate” – a fact that I’m not especially proud of. Many of you who know […]
McGuinty MPPS pass hospital secrecy clause
On May 5 six McGuinty government MPPs voted to pass the “Hospital Secrecy Clause”. The “Clause” (Bill 173, Schedule 15) a loophole which will allow hospital CEOs to deny requests for public access to an array of information regarding quality of healthcare in hospitals, was slipped into the government’s Budget Bill after lobbying of the […]
