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Get out of GTMA if report proves it isn't worth it

Feb 04, 2010 - 04:30 AM

When you've spent over $1 million on something, it's reasonable to assume you're getting value for your money. But when it comes to the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance, some regional councillors aren't convinced it's worth putting taxpayers' good money after bad on an annual basis. And without concrete proof, it's hard to blame them... read more

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Editorials
To Make A Difference you must stick with it for the long haul
Feb 05, 2010 - 04:30 AM
If you really want to make a difference at the municipal or regional council level you can -- but it isn't easy. Residents can have an impact at City Hall, but it takes... read more

Editorials
Sadly, good behaviour can't be legislated
Feb 04, 2010 - 04:30 AM
For anyone brave enough to attend an Oshawa City council meeting these days, best go armed with a sleeping bag. If Monday's meeting is any indication -- and we think it is -- we're in for a... read more

Editorials
Habitat for Humanity donation hits home
Feb 03, 2010 - 04:30 AM
For Habitat for Humanity, one man's trash can certainly be its treasure -- as evidenced by the huge donation the organization received this past month from a local business. Oshawa building supply... read more

Letters
Pickering airport activist joined fight in the 1980s
Feb 05, 2010 - 04:08 PM

To the editor: Re: 'To make a difference you must stick with it for the long haul', editorial, Feb. 5. Thank you so much for highlighting the...

Letters
Prorogation does not mean MP holiday
Feb 05, 2010 - 03:02 PM

To the editor: Re: 'Excuses don't work on prorogation', Tony Sloggett letter, Jan. 29. Reader Tony Sloggett is operating under a...

Letters
Progrogation letter prompts disagreement
Feb 05, 2010 - 03:02 PM

To the editor: Re: Bernie MacDonald letter "Prorogation a way to combat Liberal legislation," Feb. 1. The choice of words is very apt, as it...

Letters
Canada is still a democracy
Feb 05, 2010 - 03:02 PM

To the editor: Re: 'MPs not representing us', Nancy and Richard Addington letter, Feb 4. With all the rancor and invective regarding the...

Letters
It's easy to see election time is coming up
Feb 05, 2010 - 03:02 PM

To the editor: Oshawa councillors tripping over each other to get that important sound bite out to the electors. Yep, it's election time. Some...

Letters
Crone column was not amusing
Feb 05, 2010 - 03:02 PM

To the editor: I found offensive Neil Crone's column Nativity kidnapping work of the devil, Feb. 3, in which the name of Jesus is flippantly used...

Letters
Ajax should not share casino cash
Feb 05, 2010 - 03:02 PM

To the editor: Re: 'Durham wants cut of casino cash', Jan. 25. I disagree that Ajax should share the revenues from the casino with the other...

Letters
Answer prorogation at election time
Feb 05, 2010 - 03:02 PM

To the editor: Re: 'MPs not representing us', Nancy and Richard Addington letter, Feb 4. I read with great interest this letter. I do make...

Letters
Which government will not let us down?
Feb 05, 2010 - 03:02 PM

To the editor: Re: 'Let's not forget prorogation when next election comes', H. Ralph Stratford letter, Feb. 3. In keeping with Mr...

Letters
RCMP members earned the right to travel Highway of Heroes
Feb 05, 2010 - 11:33 AM

To the editor: I have never sent a letter to the editor before, but after reading Brian Wilkins' letter of Jan. 28 in regards to the RCMP using...

Columns
Annandale is in last of three league draws
by Jim Easson - Feb 05, 2010 - 04:30 AM

How quickly the curling season passes by. Two thirds of the season went in the first two league draws, and now all leagues are starting their third...

Columns
Setting the record straight
By Allan Bass - Feb 05, 2010 - 04:30 AM

Over the past week, I have been traveling around the region talking to anglers, some of whom have the wrong information about the new MNR regulations...

Letters
Ajax doesn't owe the Region a penny more

To the editor: It was just a matter of time before jolly Roger Anderson gathered his regular...

Letters
Government needs an unsubscribe option for junk mail

To the editor: Today, I found in my mailbox another propaganda piece sent out regularly by the...

Letters
Designated driving business cheap way into taxi service

To the editor:Re: Keep designated drivers working to ensure safe roads, editorial, Jan. 28. Why are...

Letters
Uxbridge food bank filled with donations

To the editor: The Uxbridge community really outdid itself over the Christmas season. The Loaves and...

Letters
Rider wants waste container at transit stop

To the editor: As a regular rider on Durham Transit, I contacted them in the spring about the lack...

Letters
Pedestrians guilty of many things drivers guilty of

To the editor:Re: More policing needed to control bad driving, Evelyn Hunter letter, Feb. 1; Move...

Letters
Don't let Camp 30 fall apart

To the editor: On Feb. 1, I happened to visit Cochrane Tires on Lambs Road. Opposite its premises is...

Columns
Canadian honour

I took this photo on the Waverley Road bridge over Hwy. 401 during a repatriation ceremony for two...

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Nativity kidnapping surely the work of the devil

Thanks to all for your contributions

Prorogation a way to combat Liberal legislation

Proroguing Parliament nothing new

Highway of Heroes for all Canadian heroes

Honour for Mounties well-deserved

Most Canadians would approve of honouring RCMP officers

More policing needed to control bad driving

Auto companies use same parts suppliers

It's time to bear down and get working

Excuses don't work on prorogation

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