Saturday, April 1, 2023

News

Are Meaford Residents Suffering From Burn-Out – or Apathy?

By Stephen Vance, Editor It was somewhat shocking to see such a sparse crowd at the public input session for the current municipal branding initiative...

Council Logic Can Be Difficult to Follow

By Stephen Vance, Editor There are times when I sit in the Meaford council chamber that all I can do is bite my tongue and...

Meaford to Get Branded

By Stephen Vance, Editor Meaford is about to embark on a “branding exercise”. There is no cause for alarm (or excitement depending on your perspective), I...

Is P3 Funding Really The Way to Go?

By Stephen Vance, Editor It was with some amount of concern that I listened to Meaford CAO Frank Miele pitch the concept of P3 Funding...

The Truth a Bitter Pill to Swallow

By Kaisha Thompson, Contributing Columnist There are always two sides to every story but when it comes to Ontario drug reform the only side we’re...

Where’s The Beef?

By Stephen Vance, Editor Meaford CAO Frank Miele released the municipal 1st Quarter report today. The report is included in the agenda for the Monday...

Legal Action No Day At The Beach

By Stephen Vance, Editor It is never a good thing when a municipality sues their own residents and taxpayers.   The ongoing legal battle between the Municipality...

Liberal Government Sacrifices Rural Ontario Yet Again

By Bill Murdoch, MPP You may have already heard the news that the McGuinty Liberals have proposed major funding cuts to community pharmacies in their...

Let’s Get Some Young Guns On Council

By Stephen Vance, Editor With slightly less than seven months until the municipal election, just one candidate has formally declared that their name will be...

That’s Premier Bognor Bill to you…

By Shane Jolley, Guest Columnist For a while I thought I could resist weighing in on last week’s hoopla over Bill Murdoch’s desire to give...