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Forget Drayton, I have a better use for 6 Million.

Feb 14th, 2010 | By James Hillis | Category: Community

Tim Hortons and the Beer Store, what do these two things have in common? Almost every town and city in Ontario has one, and this is about our Beer store. When people ask for directions the Beer Store gets used as a measuring stick”Go down Queen street and you ... Full Story

Tags: beer store, City, crack, galt, hespeler, mayor, Mayor Craig, Ontario, parking, politicians, preston
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The Tao of Hespeler

Feb 7th, 2010 | By James Hillis | Category: Community

This article is in no way an attempt to attack anyone for there views, but just an attempt to explain why we in Hespeler hold the name and our past so dear. So why do we hold on to the Hespeler name? Technically it no longer exists, and half the ... Full Story

Tags: cambridge, Festival, galt, Grand River, Hall, hespeler, house, preston
Posted in Community | 5 comments

What I learned on the Bus

Jan 19th, 2010 | By James Hillis | Category: Community

This is a reprint of a previous article I wrote. I had to take the bus today to do some business,as my van was in the shop and I thought about the article. So I am putting it back up.Normally i do not take the bus, but on Saturday the ... Full Story

Tags: cambridge, City, galt, GST, Hall, hespeler, Live, preston, work
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Shorty, Nipper and Scoop

Nov 8th, 2009 | By James Hillis | Category: Community

The nickname, we have all had one at some time in our lives and every town and city between the Atlantic and the Pacific has some very colorful and interesting ones. Sometimes there are story's behind the nickname, sometimes a last name get's twisted and becomes a nickname. I mean ... Full Story

Tags: City, galt, hespeler, hillis, mayor, preston, work
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Things I learned on the Bus

Aug 6th, 2009 | By James Hillis | Category: Community

Normally i do not take the bus, but on Saturday the transmission on my van was acting up and as it was a long weekend my mechanic could not look at it until Tuesday. So that left my Wife and i with a few options, 1. Don’t go anywhere we ... Full Story

Tags: cambridge, City, galt, GST, Hall, hespeler, preston, work
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The Hespeler Communication Network

Jun 22nd, 2009 | By James Hillis | Category: Community

One of the things about growing up in a small town like Hespeler during the 60's and 70's was the communication network that existed in the town. A lot of it was good, as a small town we had a volunteer fire department and since my dad was a volunteer ... Full Story

Tags: galt, Green, hespeler, house, kitchener, Metal, parking, preston, work
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Why Zeilstra is my choice for Cambridge.

Oct 11th, 2008 | By Scot Ferguson-Barber | Category: Opinion, Politics

They say that most elections are decided in the last 72 hours. The clock is now ticking .What time is it Cambridge? Is it time for a change? If your answer is yes you have only one choice. The polls clearly show that Gord Zeilstra is the only one who ... Full Story

Tags: Bishop Street, cambridge, Candidates, contamination, Debbie Vitez, environment, federal election, Franklin Manufacturing, galt, Gary Goodyear, Gord Zeilstra, Green, green party, Liberal, Max Saltsman, Ministry, Northstar, Ottawa, preston, scott cosman, TCE, union
Posted in Opinion, Politics | 8 comments

Bigger is Not Better

Sep 29th, 2008 | By Sandy Falkiner | Category: City Issues, Community, Politics

The Citizens for Better Government have released their final report. Their outcome somewhat mirrored my predictions earlier this year. I perused their report and found myself smiling at their very complicated chart outlining regional and municipal responsibilities; the who does what chart. I don’t consider myself to ... Full Story

Tags: amalgamation, councillors, doug criag, galt, hespeler, kitchener, mayor, municipal infrastructure, North Dumfries, politicians, preston, Waterloo, waterloo region
Posted in City Issues, Community, Politics | 10 comments

The CFBG

Sep 25th, 2008 | By Michael Cahill | Category: City Issues, Community, Opinion, Politics

As usual, my old pal John and I were relaxing at the club the other day. The autumn sun was setting, and had coloured the Grand River a deep orange. The river rushed by the reading room windows like an angry librarian. “Look here John,” I said, have you read the ... Full Story

Tags: amalgamation, cambridge, CFBG, Education, galt, garbage, Grand River, kitchener, Liberal, liberals, Waterloo, waterloo region
Posted in City Issues, Community, Opinion, Politics | 1 Comment »

Miss Audrey Goodchild

Sep 23rd, 2008 | By Colin Barnes | Category: Community

In September 2002 whilst on a visit to the Saanichton Historical Artifacts site on Vancouver Island I discovered an Aluminum Milk Float stored in the corner of an implement shed. There was a notice board placed alongside, and the name Galt, caught my eye. It read as follows. This horse drawn Milk Wagon once ... Full Story

Tags: cambridge, galt, Milton, Toronto
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