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Money found for Main facelift
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 • Section: Community

This ran in the Cambridge Times.. comments invited below by Ray Martin     Where there’s a will, there’s a way when it comes to funding a facelift for Galt’s Main Street. In July, council revisited the initiative after the $700,000 project was turned down by the federal government. Council approved spending $400,000 to move ... No comments Full Story

Susan Galvao City Councillor, Ward 8, Cambridge
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 • Section: 2010 Municipal Candidates

          About Susan   Susan has been involved in community activism since childhood. With experiences such as running for student council, coaching youth soccer, involvement in save the children program, save the rainforest program, peace marches and food drives. In high school she developed and implemented a drama program for mentally challenged ... 5 comments Full Story

Travelling across Canada in an e-car
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 • Section: Community

This ran on CNews  ......... comments invited below By Charles-Antoine Gagnon, QMI Agency An old 1972 VW Beetle is expected to be the first electric-powered car to cross Canada from one end to the other when it arrives in Halifax on Friday. The car, bought from an online classified site, was transformed ... No comments Full Story

We don’t owe them this … by George Carter
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 • Section: 2010 Municipal CandidatesCommunity

This ran under opinion in the KW Record .... comments invited below September 01, 2010 Re: Talk doesn’t come cheap — Aug. 25 Never in the field of human conflict have so many been fleeced by so few. In the unhallowed halls of local government we have members well practiced in the art ... No comments Full Story

Ontario’s health networks spent $33M on consultants, figures show
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 • Section: Community

This ran in the KW Record......... comments invited below August 31, 2010 By Maria Babbage TORONTO — Ontario’s local health integration networks spent $33 million on consulting services since their inception four years ago — including $6 million last year alone, according to figures obtained by The Canadian Press. Numbers compiled by the Opposition ... No comments Full Story

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We don’t owe them this … by George Carter
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 • Section: 2010 Municipal CandidatesCommunity

This ran under opinion in the KW Record .... comments invited below September 01, 2010 Re: Talk doesn’t come cheap — Aug. ... No comments Full Story

Ontario’s health networks spent $33M on consultants, figures show
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 • Section: Community

This ran in the KW Record......... comments invited below August 31, 2010 By Maria Babbage TORONTO — Ontario’s local health integration networks spent ... No comments Full Story

Labour Day Holiday Services at the City of Cambridge
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 • Section: Community

Labour Day Holiday Services at the City of Cambridge   Cambridge, Ontario. September 2, 2010…The origins of Labour Day in Canada date back ... No comments Full Story

Pot lowers chronic pain without the high: Study
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 • Section: Community

This ran in the Windsor Star........ comments invited below By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia News Briefly inhaling cannabis three times a day ... 1 comment Full Story

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Toxic river concerns played down
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 • Section: Community

this ran on Cnews......... comments invited below By FRANK LANDRY, QMI Agency EDMONTON - Alberta's environment minister is playing down concerns ... 3 comments Full Story

Listowel student, 12, fights to save trees
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 • Section: Community

This ran in the Listowel Banner.. comments invited below SHELLEY MILLER-CAMERON, SPECIAL TO THE BANNER It started out as a standard public ... 2 comments Full Story

Tween defends trees to OMB ( way to go Emily Qureshi)
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 • Section: CommunityEnvironment & Health

Strafford Beacon Harold... comments invited below News Posted By DONAL O'CONNOR , STAFF REPORTER Posted 3 days ago     A 12-year-old Listowel resident is appealing ... 5 comments Full Story

Governments have become inefficient and wasteful.. By Don Soule
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 • Section: 2010 Municipal Candidates

This ran under Opinion in the KW Record... comments invited below August 30, 2010 By Don Soule Think about the following: In ... 4 comments Full Story

Vote: Robert Ross for Waterloo Regional Council-Cambridge
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 • Section: 2010 Municipal Candidates

http://mywaterlooregion.ca/ I will serve all the people and ask for their input Friendlier transparent government Lower taxes without reducing the quality of service, ... 1 comment Full Story

Schools reaping benefits ( McGuinty doesn’t mention the TCE Plume this school is sitting on top of)
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 • Section: 2010 Municipal CandidatesCommunity

This ran in the Cambridge Times.......... comments invited below     The visit came just a week before the start of school and ... 1 comment Full Story

Arts spending won’t make us rich
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 • Section: Community

This ran in the Toronto Sun.... comments invited below I’m dismayed major candidates for mayor are apparently taking such ill-informed and ... No comments Full Story

Urine could be energy source of the future
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 • Section: Community

This ran on Canoe.ca ............ comments invited below By QMI Agency It's a renewable resource, and approximately 10 billion litres are ... 2 comments Full Story

What is going on with that housing unit in downtown Galt?
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 • Section: Community

What is going on with that housing unit in downtown Galt   I met a couple today, who were in the process ... 7 comments Full Story

“CAMBRIDGE ADVOCATE. COM ” is currently under construction”
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 • Section: Community

FYI The new site  "Cambridge Advocate.com " is in the process of being moved.   So for the next couple of days, things ... 2 comments Full Story

Meet Donna Reid… Candidate for Ward 1… Good luck Donna
Monday, August 30th, 2010 • Section: 2010 Municipal Candidates

    Hi, my name is Donna Reid and I am running for Cambridge Council in Ward 1. There are many of ... 4 comments Full Story

A new question for the Candidates.. .. you’re invited to respond
Monday, August 30th, 2010 • Section: Community

  This latest Question sent in by a Reader..  "What suggestions do you have to bring spending under control?  " 2 comments Full Story

Canadian politics needs a game-changer “by Murray Dobbin”
Monday, August 30th, 2010 • Section: Community

Posted on August 30, 2010 by murraydobbin As we head into a new political season it looks depressingly like the old: ... No comments Full Story

Business survey a wake up call for city, by Gord Hobbs, Cambridge
Monday, August 30th, 2010 • Section: 2010 Municipal Candidates

This ran under Opinion Cambridge Times.... comments invited below  Re: City of Cambridge underperforming for small business The article by reporter Lisa ... 8 comments Full Story

A True Irish Story!
Monday, August 30th, 2010 • Section: CommunityHumour and SatireOpinionPosts and Recipes by Waycat

This story happened a while ago in Dublin , and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, its ... 3 comments Full Story

CALLING ALL CAMBRIDGE CANDIDATES..
Monday, August 30th, 2010 • Section: 2010 Municipal Candidates

CALLING ALL CAMBRIDGE CANDIDATES..   I am writing this to invite you all to comment here.. I know I can be controversial.. ... 15 comments Full Story