A thrill ride
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 […]
Too much, too late
Are development charges killing new home construction in the County? Did the County overshoot when it finally adopted development and connection charges over the last couple of years? That is the question that is likely to be debated more urgently in the next weeks and months as the crashing new home market begins to claim […]
Hot metal
Copper thefts rise as fast as prices As the snow recedes and temperatures rise, many seasonal and part-time residents are returning to their County homes and cottages to find a nasty surprise. Copper thieves have been busy stripping copper pipe from many area homes and construction sites this past winter. More than 31 thefts of […]
Wellington fans 1 Villanova 0
Huge support assist in Dukes win in Toronto It was a game unlike any other. A game in which the score sheet offered little insight into the event. The Wellington Dukes and their fans had traveled to the arena complex at York University on Saturday night for game four of the OJHL quarterfinal series with […]
Old habits die hard
Local Children’s Aid Societies discussing merger Stop me if you’ve heard this before. A provincial ministry believes it can save money by prodding local agencies to amalgamate. Despite abundant object examples of the failure of amalgamation to deliver efficiencies, from QHC to municipalities, the province is finding it a difficult habit to break. “Local services […]
The worrier
Dukes win decisively but know Villanova won’t roll over His job is to worry. Where some see a 7-3 win as a good way to start a playoff series, Marty Abrams, coach and general manager of the Wellington Dukes, worries about his team’s power play output. The team went zero for four power play opportunities […]
If at first…
From the ashes of bankruptcy, a resurrected renewable energy developer returns to the County Skypower is back. Three years ago Skypower was on the verge of building the first large-scale wind energy project in the County—67 turbines stretching from Picton to Big Island. But in the fall of 2008 global financial markets collapsed, taking with […]
At long last
Hastings County moves to seize Jim Sinclair’s assets More than two years after a judge fined Jim Sinclair nearly $700,000 and sent him to jail for environmental crimes, Hastings County has decided it will now try and collect on the fine. Sinclair first came to public notice with a grand scheme to restore and redevelop […]
Next!
The Dukes sweep Upper Canada and prepare for round two By David Brown Editor’s note:The Wellington Dukes swept the Upper Canada Patriots in four games with Jordan Ruby allowing just two goals in the series. Braden Kavaratzis scored his first point as a Wellington Duke, lifting a powerful backhander past the Patriot netminder to open […]
Silencing dissent
Local Liberal candidate paid the price for displeasing Harper government Peter Tinsley is watching events in Ottawa with particular interest these days. He has an acute understanding of what happens when the Harper government doesn’t like the advice it is getting from its public servants. Tinsley was head of the Military Police Complaints Commission for […]