Secondary plan aims to block big boxes from Picton Picton, like many rural Ontario towns, is the product of about 200 years of history—it has seen growth and endured decline. It has been a place of wealth and prosperity but it has also endured its share of tough times. It has, as one councillor recalled [...]
Judicial panel to consider halting wind energy development in the province Ian Hanna has had his day in court. The Big Island resident believes industrial wind factories are bad for his community, bad for taxpayers, bad energy policy and bad for the health of those forced to live in their midst. So last year Hanna [...]
Mexican tourism is suffering at the hands of a highly publicized drug trade and a general reluctance to wind up in the trunk of a rental car. Those trained to uphold the law are often accused of corruption and kowtowing to drug cartels. Having journeyed through many Mexican states (though still just a fraction of [...]
Win or lose, Ian Hanna and Dr. Robert McMurtry are heroes. They deserve our thanks and enduring appreciation for standing up to the McGuinty government this week. Neither of these men was looking for a fight—especially not one with an entity as powerful as a provincial government. Both had reached a point in their lives, [...]
‘Steam’ rises from the open water of Lake Ontario off of the pier in Wellington as local temperatures plunged to near record lows on Monday. It appears winter has settled in bringing with it predictable challenges of frozen pipes, frosty cheekbones, and snow. Take heart-July is just six months away. Tweet
Dukes win three, extend streak to five games Three wins on the weekend not only helped to steady the Wellington Dukes after a rocky start to 2011, but the wins, against division rivals Cobourg and the red-hot Lindsay Muskies, also enabled the Dukes to secure a first-round bye in the playoffs set to get underway [...]
I know I promised to continue with my history of wine; however, we were caught up with finishing the restaurant renovations and getting ready for our wine tour in Chile. We arrived safe and travel weary. Right off the plane, we had our first wine tour at Casas del Bosque—a small, boutique winery—in the Casablanca [...]
Florida Panther Hockey With little difficulty, we were able to leave Fort Myers and reach the Bank Atlantic Centre in less than two hours. It does involve a route that goes due south on the “I 75” to begin with, followed by a dogleg to the left. Then it’s a matter of straight ahead through [...]
Ya, I’ve got a credit card. I don’t use it very often. No, really. I don’t use it very often. The last time I used it was to renew my business registration. I’ve used it for plane fare and booking hotels and I use it when there isn’t another method of payment available. As far [...]
On a snowy Toronto morning, sixty people packed Osgoode Hall’s Courtroom 3 for the Ian Hanna hearing on the adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines. It’s a case that may decide the future of wind energy development in the province as well as determine the fate of every rural resident expected to live near [...]