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Articles by Phillip Blancher
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Wanderings – Hot Dog Math and Canadian English
Getting behind the wheel of a car and going for a drive has always been fun for me. Ever since I received my driver’s licence, having a car meant freedom. The open road, arm out […]
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Province pauses wetlands mapping process
MORRISBURG – The provincial government has halted the current wetlands consultation process by area conservation authorities.nnIn a June 25 letter from the Ministry of Natural Resources to South Nation Conservation Authority Chief Administrative Officer Carl […]
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South Dundas plan to outsource staff deferred by SDG Counties Council
CORNWALL – A plan to outsource staffing for South Dundas’ planning department was deferred by SDG Counties council June 17.nnThe plan, if approved by council, will see SDG Counties hire a full-time planning technician to […]
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Wanderings – Traditions and peer pressure
What is tradition? It’s a fascinating question to ponder. The definition – as I’ve learned it over the years is an old way, or THE old way, of doing something. Or it’s doing something because […]
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International human smuggling ring dismantled in Cornwall area
CORNWALL – Investigators from the Cornwall Regional Task Force, an RCMP-led inter-agency task force, have broken up a human smuggling ring that centred in the Cornwall area.nnThe RCMP announced that it had charged eight people […]
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UCDSB passes $447 million budget
BROCKVILLE – It took about 45 minutes to present the budget to Upper Canada District School board trustees and only 15 minutes to approve it. The hour-long process resulted in the UCDSB passing a $447 […]
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Quinn promoted to cabinet
nnTORONTO – Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Nolan Quinn received a promotion during last week’s cabinet shuffle by Premier Doug Ford.nnQuinn, who was first-elected member of provincial Parliament in June 2022, was named Associate Minister of Forestry […]
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Political best before dates should be heeded
A friend once told me that expiry dates were a “recommendation”. Weeks later, that same friend told me he had been unwell due to eating something expired. He heeded those expiry date “suggestions” more from […]