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Stay safe this holiday weekend
 
Friday May 16 2008
As we sit on the verge of the first long weekend of the summer season the anticipation for many is palpable. The cottage, the beach, or just grilling in the back yard— most of us can’t wait.
However, sadly the Victoria Day weekend can be one of the most tragic times of year for carnage and death on our highways.
Peel police are targetting aggressive and unsafe drivers all month long in the annual spring Project Safe Driver campaign.
The crackdown on bad driving started May 3...
 Editorial Cartoon

Blue box fix a valid project
Tuesday May 13 2008
Peel’s decision to test a new and improved blue box to keep litter from blowing across the city...
There may be gold in a glass
Sunday May 11 2008
There may be a way for local groups who badly need money— be they minor sports teams, Scouts,...
Hwy. 427 requires forward thinking
Friday May 9 2008
It is always best to plan ahead. How many times have we heard that saying before? Recently,...

COLUMNS


Canada is for everyone
 
Friday May 16 2008
Canada is a nation of immigrants. Some, of us, are Johnny-come-lately and some of us, Aboriginal Canadians, have been here for thousands of years. All of us, skilled, unskilled, entrepreneurs, refugees from oppression and those seeking a better life are the fabric of Canadian society. Whether we are black, white, brown or other racial shades, we are Canadian. Whether our parents or ancestors came from the British Isles, Africa, Europe, South America, South Asia, China or a hundred other...

Don’t make athletes the ones to suffer
Sunday May 11 2008
We can’t escape the growing calls for the boycott of the 2008 Olympics.
While there are...
The cat came back
Friday May 9 2008
Every barn should have at least one cat.
Mind you, it's rare that there only be one cat, if...
Tory environmental plan filled with hot air
Wednesday May 7 2008
OPINION

As the effects of global climate change become increasingly evident,...

LETTERS


Don’t be fooled by a brass plaque
Friday May 16 2008
Re “City adds to its heritage designation inventory”, May 9.
I was reading about buildings...
Columnist out to lunch
Wednesday May 7 2008
Re: Impact of pesticide ban on human health debatable, The Eclectic Gardener by Alan...
Harper move on info registry not very open
Wednesday May 7 2008
I echo the cry of 'shame' in the House by the Opposition regarding Prime Minister Harper quietly...
Environmental stewardship starts with all of us
Wednesday May 7 2008
I'm referring to Donata Morandi's letter and the following one sent by Robert Mackinnon regarding...
Changing time of question period makes no sense: reader
Wednesday May 7 2008
Is moving question period to 10:30 a.m. really necessary ?

Well some changes to the way the...

There may be a need for A/C
Sunday May 4 2008
I would like to thank Robert Mackinnon for responding to Donata Morandi's letter re A/C units being...



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