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Council slashes economic development in the County “Shortsighted” is how Picton Councillor Bev Campbell described council’s decision to slash $155,000 from the County’s economic development budget. In fact she used the term a couple of times as she tried to explain to her fellow councillors that they could not have chosen a worse time to [...]
Stouffville and Wellington deliver entertaining hockey in opening game of semi-finals The Wellington Dukes thrilled their fans with another wildly entertaining and ultimately victorious playoff game on Sunday. The Stouffville Spirit came into the semifinal OJHL series having knocked off the league-leading Newmarket Hurricanes. All season long Newmarket was ranked among the top five teams [...]
When early explorers conquered the new world they quickly established their centres of civilization. In the case of the Spanish, when they conquered the lands of Mexico and South America, they developed trade with their mother country. Initially, all goods including wine were imported and fortunes of silver were returned in trade to Spain. Most [...]
Ramesh Pooran captured this impressive image of the super moon on Saturday as it appeared over Wellington harbour. Tweet
Online petitioners are calling on Apple to remove a controversial iPhone app for individuals and families “impacted by homosexuality.” Finally, you might think—a resource for vulnerable teens at elevated risk for depression, suicide and drug use. Alas, no. The application by Exodus International was designed to help users, specifically youth, achieve “liberation” from homosexuality. Exodus [...]
The Wellington Times turns 20 next month. It also marks seven years since my wife Kathleen and I have owned and operated this newspaper in this wonderful community. One of the most rewarding and truly unexpected aspects of being part of such a public enterprise is the encouragement we get daily and weekly from you, [...]
NHL on the brink of the playoffs At this point in the National Hockey League season, with less than a dozen games left, teams and individual players have a variety of motivations. Some teams are on the brink of elimination from post-season play, and are desperate to win to make the playoffs. Others have discovered [...]
A vulnerable headline: you just knew it would touch off a firestorm. The cover of the March 9 Wellington Times showed five swans gliding rather gracefully past the camera lens. The caption ran: “Spring thaw: a herd of swans finds open water as the winter’s ice and snow retreat from the harbour in Wellington.” Aherd? [...]
I live in the dark. I mostly work from home and electricity rates are high during the day so, even on the most overcast and dreary days of winter, I only turn on lights if I can’t see my hand in front of my face. Mechanical timers abound in my house lest I overuse and [...]