Opinion: Georgina families deserve a hospice residence
By: Daniel Nowoselski, Canadian Cancer Society Advocacy Manager - Hospice Palliative Care and Laurie Knapp, Hospice Georgina Executive Director
When a loved one is in...
Opinion: Town’s budget process promotes spending, not savings
By Karen Wolfe
The release of the 2024 draft budget calls for a 5.5 per cent increase in taxes. Last year the increase was 6.8...
Opinion: Ontario is changing the way it regulates hazardous waste disposal and that’s bad...
By Karen Wolfe
I attended an on-line webinar recently hosted by the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) because I was interested in the Ministry of...
Opinion: Town needs to address homelessness and low-income housing crisis
While Town staff and council should be commended for supporting a community fridge in Keswick, there is still a serious lack of emergency and...
Opinion: Why can’t I buy a hot dog or an ice cream cone at...
Georgina was "unofficially" deemed Ontario's food truck capital this summer by the Culinary Tourism Alliance, which works with communities to grow food tourism.
It's great...
Ukrainians found peace in Canada: a personal view on war
By Iryna Paltseva
What would you pack with you if you only had one backpack and you needed to leave your home maybe for forever?...
Opinion: Georgina council’s 33 per cent pay hike is offensive
By Karen Wolfe
WOW! It seems Georgina council (with the exception of Mike Waddington) has decided that members of the next council deserve a 33...
Opinion: Local councillors renew call for phosphorus recycling facility
By Dave Neeson & Jonathan Scott
Over the fall season, you may have read about our efforts as municipalities across our regions to deliver a...
Opinion: Pefferlaw aerodrome proposal lacks transparency
By Mike Anderson
This week York-Simcoe MP Scot Davidson rose in question period to ask Transport Minister Omar Alghabra how he intends to close a...
Opinion: Town too quick to close taps
By Mike Anderson
Citing serious threats to the municipal water supply, the Town's Director of Operations and Infrastructure, Rob Flindall, has shut down three public...
