On Thursday, my colleague, Mike Mantha, MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin, will introduce a private member’s bill to remove the HST from home heating bills. This is the first step in living up to our pledge to make life more affordable for hard-working families.Fortunately, the minority Parliament gives us a chance to […]
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The end of the year is not that far off and it gets me thinking about money. November and December usually finds our wallets and bank accounts slightly empty, if not drained, as we try to balance our spending for Christmas. It may not exactly be the time to be […]
Last week saw C-19 head to committee, some advancement of my work on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and the launch of the recruitment campaigns for the Parliamentary Page and Parliamentary Guide programs. Let me fill you in on these developments. Bill C-19, the bill to abolish the long gun […]
When it comes to grandparents, I was sadly deprived. My maternal grandfather died before I was born. My paternal grandfather died when I was two years old and grandmother when I was eight. And I lost my last grandparent, my maternal grandmother, at age 17. Even though I was eight, […]
By Leanne Beck
The most popular questions clients ask us, in one form or another, are about search engine optimization (SEO). Don Foster, of Nestor Falls Marine, “would like help as far as getting more visible on the web” while Terry Gill, of Ontario Northern Wilderness Houseboats, would like to know more about […]
What I know for sure is that for the most part, I could take a lesson or two from the primary school of thought known as the three-year-old. Small children are grounding spirits of presence who are wise beyond measure. Or so I believe anyway. Sue Patton Thoele hit the […]
For anybody to get involved in the sport of fishing, they need somebody to take them out–to teach them and provide them with the opportunity to get a line in the water, whether it’s off a dock or in the boat. For me, my dad was huge in getting me […]
Technically, he’s back on the ice. But in reality, he never really left. Unless you’ve been living under a rock or isolated in a hunting cabin for the last few days, you already know by now that Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby returned to the NHL on Monday night in […]
When my dad and I started bass fishing back in the early ’90s, we used one style of lure predominantly to catch our fish: crankbaits. Shallow-running, fat-bodied crankbaits do a great job of imitating fleeing crayfish, and they were our number-one lure choice when we started bass fishing. The first […]
With apologies to those who are diehard followers of the league, I personally have never been a CFL fan. My heart always has been with the wacky world of NCAA football. And while my interest in the NFL has been fleeting over the years, certain things—like the upcoming return of […]
My children were reared on wisdom from two books. “Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care” was a “must read” for parents in the 1950s and ’60s. Benjamin Spock addressed every conceivable childhood problem, and his book was translated into 39 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. It was […]
Nominations are now open for the 2012 Ontario’s Outstanding Young Farmers’ Program (OOYF). Nominees may be individuals, partners, or couples who derive a minimum of two-thirds of their gross revenue from farming and are under the age of 40 as of Jan. 1 in the year of competition. Nomination forms […]
