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GBAR desperately needs volunteers

05 September 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Animals, Collingwood life, Social values
Susan and I spent a couple of hours this morning helping out at the the Georgian Bay Animal Rescue shelter on Tenth Line. We helped out in one of the quarantined cat rooms, cleaning cages, feeding, and giving affection to the cats in there. It took two hours just to get all the cats taken care of.

It's heart-wrenching to work with all these...

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Tags: GBAR, Georgian Bay Animal Rescue, animals, cats, pets, volunteers 0 Comments


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Adult chess club in Collingwood this fall

15 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Chess, Collingwood life, Social values
Just a heads up for those readers who enjoy playing chess, and like the ambiance of a chess club, with its social interaction. Tim DenBok is starting an adult chess club this fall at the Collingwood Library. It will meet weekly and, at least at the start, be no charge to join.

Should we collectively decide to join a national organization and...

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The lime tree puzzle

15 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Personal reminisence, Science, Social values
When I crush a leaf from my lime tree, it smells deliciously of lime, like its fruits do. And its fruits, when it graces us with them, are richly aromatic and unmistakably lime-scented. When you cut into one, you can smell it across the room, and the scent from the oils will linger for hours on your fingers.

Yet today, with it in full bloom in...

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Tags: botany, lime, science, evolution, Citrus aurantifolia 0 Comments


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Goodbye Triceratops, hello Torosaurus

07 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Science
Another cherished childhood myth demolished. This week paleontologists Jack Horner (one of those I respect the most) and John Scannella revealed that the beloved Triceratops was not a separate species, but rather the immature form of Torosaurus. First Brontosaurus, now Triceratops...

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Tags: scientists, paleontology, dinosaurs, triceratops, science 0 Comments


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Debunking psychics

01 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Science, Collingwood life
Why aren't all psychics filthy rich? I mean, if you can predict the future, surely something as basic as the stock market's rise and fall should be a snap. Surely they can predict the winning lottery numbers, too. I never buy lottery tickets because there's always a lineup of psychics ahead of me, cashing in their winnings. No wonder...

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Tags: psychics, superstition, Collingwood, debunk 2 Comments


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The Long Form Kiss Goodnight

25 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Pointless legislation, Federal follies
You'd think, from reading the media reports on Canadians' opposition to the government over the Long Form Census that Stephen Harper's Conservatives were taking governance lessons from Collingwood Council. As in: Governance 101: How to Ignore Public Opinion.

This week,...

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Tags: Canada, Statistics Canada, Steven Harper, Conservatives, privacy 1 Comments


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A little civil disobedience

17 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
Scoop and I enjoyed a little act of civil disobedience, Saturday morning, as we drank a hot beverage at a table on the main street sidewalk that was clearly not within either the strictly approved and restricted sidewalk patio or sidewalk café zones.
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Hasta...

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Tags: sidewalks, merchants, patios, Collingwood Municipal Madness, downtown, BIA 4 Comments


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I hate to say "I told you so," but...

13 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
Remember back in 2007 when the consultant who prepared our commercial review told us this area (our town, our neighbours and our visitors) could easily support another 500-600,000 sq. feet of commercial sprawl development on the west edge of town? And the majority of council nodded their heads in agreement like dashboard bobbin heads?

I...

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Tags: sprawl, Collingwood Municipal Madness, commercial development, malls 0 Comments


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A call for help, ukulele style

04 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Music and ukuleles
Most of you know I play the ukulele. For 40-plus years before I discovered the uke, I played the guitar. I was never very good on the guitar: my passion for making music far exceeded my technical skills. But I had a passion for playing music that has sometimes translated itself into a variety of instruments, from flutes to sitar. I've managed...

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Tags: music archive, song sheet, song book, vintage music, ukulele 0 Comments


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The West End Secondary Plan, Deferred

22 June 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of getting your head around it, it was the age of reminiscing over past glories, it was the epoch of the rubber hitting the road, it was the epoch of meat and potatoes of the matter, it was the season of moving forward, it was the season of closed door meetings, it was the spring...

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Tags: planning, development, West End, zoning, Collingwood's Municipal Madness 0 Comments



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