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Kids' chess club at Collingwood Library

02 May 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Collingwood life
One of the lesser know successes in town is a small but rapidly growing chess club for kids and teens aged 7 to 18. Run by Tim denBok, this group meets every Thursday at the Collingwood Public Library, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. It's no cost to join, but participants have to register (call 444-5516).

Local sports always get a lot of attention and...

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Tags: chess club, kids, library, chess, Collingwood 3 Comments


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Another successful year for Mother (of all yard Sales)

02 May 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Collingwood life
Used to be yard sales and garage sales were attended by people looking to buy something for themselves. Seems nowadays a lot of the people milling about, picking over the tables, are looking for something to sell.

I got that impression from again working this year's Mother of All Yard Sales, the community-wide yard sale run by the...

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Tags: Collingwood, Optimist Club, yard sale, garage sale, Mother of All Yard Sales 1 Comments


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Public input on ward systems shut out again

27 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
[font="Trebuchet MS"][size="2"]The chance for public input into the local election system was shut down last night by Collingwood Council in a 7-2 vote. The mayor and Councillors Edwards, Sandberg, Jeffrey, Foley, McNabb and Labelle voted no.

I had proposed a referendum question for the 2010 municipal ballot that read,...

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Tags: mayor, openness, public input, Collingwood Municipal Madness, council 0 Comments


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Kindle and iPad instead of a library? I don't think so.

27 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Collingwood's municipal m...
Posted ImageLet me pose two riddles. First, "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" Second, "In this day and age of digital print media and devices such as Amazon's Kindle and Apple's new...

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Tags: literacy, library, Rick Crouch, Collingwood Municipal Madness, iPad, Kindle 2 Comments


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Wasting time on picayune and petty motions

20 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Collingwood's municipal m...
This Monday, we debated Councillor Mike Edwards' motion about reporting more details for payments involved with conflicts of interest declarations.

The Municipal Conflict of Interest Act requires everyone at the table to declare a conflict or...

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, petty, puerile, silly, bureaucracy, nonsense 1 Comments


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Despite widespread opposition, patios get moved to the curbside

20 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
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Despite all the problems, costs and concerns raised over the past year, the patios are moving to the curbside.*

Council voted 5-4 last night no to defer any changes to the proposed move. Councillors...

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Tags: patios, Collingwood Municipal Madness, downtown, BIA, no consultation, closed for business 13 Comments


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Back at you: Assaff responds to Carrier's media release

15 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Admiral Collingwood development
I won't comment on this, the latest broadside in the ongoing war of words between Carrier and Assaff over the repeal of the approvals for the downtown Admiral Collingwood development. I have not changed anything of the following, merely reproduced what was sent to me by email.

Suffice to say the text in bold is Steve's response to the...

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Tags: Chris Carrier, Steve Assaff, albatross, mayor, Admiral Collingwood, Collingwood Municipal Madness 1 Comments


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War of words: Carrier vs Assaff continues

15 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Admiral Collingwood development
Got an email late yesterday with the mayor's comments in response to Steve Assaff's comments on the mayor's comments about the Admiral Collingwood development... got that? Anyway, I got the press release the mayor sent from an outside source, since it appears council and staff wasn't copied with it.

The mayor sent out his...

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Tags: albatross, mayor, Admiral Collingwood, Collingwood Municipal Madness, Steve Assaff 7 Comments


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Referendum: 2010

11 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Election 2010
I plan to bring a notice of motion to the table, Monday night, asking for a referendum question to be added to the 2010 ballot.

My motion will be to request that the 2010 ballot include the question, "Should Collingwood implement a ward system for future municipal elections?"

Given the refusal of the mayor (and his supporters) to allow...

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, election, ward system, democracy, openness, accountability, mayor 3 Comments


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Throwing stones?

09 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
You have to shake your head and wonder, some days. Today was one for me. There on the front page of the EB is a quote from the mayor aimed right at me:
[quote]"We can in this election campaign, members of council can throw stones at each other, or we can...

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Tags: transparency, openness, name-calling, hypocrisy, mayor, Collingwood Municipal Madness, accountability 0 Comments



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