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8° SunnyThe County is losing people who cannot afford to live here, and gaining people who can
We may disagree about the final answer. That is democracy. But disagreement about the answer should never become disagreement about whether we should have the facts.
This isn’t opposition to a working port, grain shipments, or farmers. It is a demand that quarrying here be subject to the same law and the same protections as everywhere else in Ontario.
In this Guest Editorial, Ruth Estwick warns: the danger isn’t growth. It’s what happens when it stops.
The goal was not an economic partnership. It was to turn Canada into a vassal state.
Why I joined the board of Visit the County — and why I wanted to resign two months later
The money has to stay here. The money comes in, money moves around. That’s how you build an economy. — Zita Cobb, The Shorefast Institute for Place-Based Economies
Jason Parks’s last day in the newsroom is Friday 31 July, 2026
There was no indication whatsoever about the debacle that would transpire in the Picton Fair show ring a couple of days later. There never is.
You do not have a practical democracy if only a few retired people living on comfortable pensions can afford to serve
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