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Articles by Phillip Blancher
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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 […]
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Spending up in draft 2024-25 UCDSB budget
BROCKVILLE – Upper Canada District School Board trustees will be presented with a relatively balanced budget for the next school year at their June 5 meetingnnThe draft budget sees a 15.6 per cent increase in […]
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Province seizes 8.6 million cigarette rods in Cornwall
CORNWALL – A joint investigation by the Ontario Ministry of Finance resulted in the seizure of 8.6 million cigarette filter rods under the Tobacco Tax Act in Cornwall a month ago.nnThe Ministry seized the cigarette […]
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Morrisburg Canada Day plans coming together
nnMORRISBURG – Work continues on the Morrisburg Canada Day committee’s plans for this year’s Canada Day celebrations in Earl Baker Park and the Morrisburg Waterfront Park.nnThe annual celebration will start at 11 a.m. and run […]
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Wanderings – My value on the open market is minimal
According to a recent email, I am worth $7.86. Sadly I am not surprised by this figure, but still I expected it to be at least in the double digits. That email from health care […]
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Expanding school care programs too expensive says UCDSB
BROCKVILLE – An idea to look at expanding programs for before and after school has come to a conclusion that it is too expensive.nn“We’d be operating at a loss,” said Executive Superintendent of Business Jeremy […]
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Wanderings – Call and answer at your peril
I have tried to be nice. I have tried to be civil. But it is getting to be a bit of a nuisance – or a pain. Phone calls at all hours from companies that […]
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Wanderings – Hypocritical NIMBYism a set back for all
Last week, the Ontario government announced the winners of its battery energy storage procurement process, and the community I live in lost in both figurative and literal sense. Unlike previous “green energy” procurement processes in […]