Editorial

There was no easing into winter weather this year, as the significantly milder than typical autumn that we had been experiencing allowed us to head outdoors wearing little more than a lightweight windbreaker all the way until the very end of November. And then winter weather was thrust upon us over the weekend with a significant amount of snowfall,...

As I mentioned in last week's editorial, I had nearly completely written an editorial for this week, chronicling my months' long quest to obtain a public document from the municipality, that document being the municipal hiring policy. However, with the departure of Meaford's CAO, who had been the roadblock to accessing that document, announced by Mayor Ross Kentner at the...

If you have tuned in to the first two full days of council's discussion of the 2025 municipal budget, you already know it has been unlike anything we have ever seen. It has been two full days, 15 hours worth, of discussions, and councillors are more confused and frustrated than before they began, as is the public no doubt. Unlike...

During Monday's Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph outside Meaford Hall, where hundreds had gathered to observe the ceremony, I was thinking about an editorial that I wrote back in 2016, that sadly is as relevant today as it was eight years ago. “In many ways, it’s a charmed life here in Canada, which is why I think it is...

On Monday, Meaford's council was presented with a 2025 draft budget package that makes clear that council is in for a challenging time as they work toward establishing the municipality's budget for next year. As presented to council on Monday, the draft budget calls for a rate increase of 6.33 percent in 2025, which doesn't seem outrageous as a place...

As the holiday season approaches, we should all be paying more attention to a growing phenomenon: porch pirates. With so many of us doing at least some of our shopping online these days, theft of packages left on doorsteps by Amazon or similar delivery people is of concern to all. A recent survey that I found referenced in articles focused...

A week ago I wrote about the warning issued by the United Way Bruce Grey about the growing food insecurity issue that has been festering not only in Grey and Bruce counties, but across the province. This week, Grey Bruce Public Health issued their 2024 Report on Food Affordability, and it highlights something we are all painfully aware of...

As was highlighted by the United Way of Bruce Grey this week, food insecurity is a growing problem in Grey-Bruce and across the nation. Anyone who has been paying attention to the news over the past couple of years will be all too aware that we are in the midst of a growing opioid crisis, with new overdoses and fatalities...

This year is certainly moving along rapidly. So much so that it nearly escaped me that this weekend is Thanksgiving. It wasn't until Tuesday morning, when I was about to write this column on another topic, that I realized quite by accident that Thanksgiving is nearly upon us. Thanksgiving is my favourite of the holidays, and it falls conveniently during...

I am in my 20th year of living in the Municipality of Meaford, and I am glad that I decided to move here all of those years ago. There are many things I love about this community, but there are also things that frustrate me, and things that I would change if I could, but on the whole, I...