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What's wrong with Collingsaga?

19 octubre 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Collingwood's municipal m...
This week, Collingwood Council unanimously approved the name "Beachwood" for a section of Highway 26 that runs through our town. The Ministry of Transport asked Collingwood and Wasaga Beach to come up with a name for the old highway that is being paralleled by the "realignment" currently under...

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Back from England

02 octubre 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Personal reminisence
Spent the past two weeks in and around London, England, on my first vacation to that country. Visited a lot of fascinating places, mostly historical, others more contemporary: museums, historic homes and castles, great parks. And a few pubs.

First impression: Britons have manners. Everyone still says please and thanks. Even people leaving the...

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Election Raises Concerns for Ontario's Municipalities

01 septiembre 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Provincial folly, Social values, Collingwood's municipal m...
Two questions about the aftermath of the upcoming provincial election are on the minds of councillors in most of Ontario’s municipalities: will there be downloading? And will there be another round of infrastructure funding?

Downloading provincial services onto municipalities was done under Conservative Premier Mike Harris in the late...

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Rising municipal insurance costs a concern

30 agosto 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Collingwood's municipal m...
AMO - the Association of Municipalities of Ontario - just released the results of a comprehensive survey of municipal insurance costs across Ontario. Just like your personal insurance, the costs keep escalating, and it's you, the taxpayers, who pay these spiralling premiums. You're getting hit by a double whammy: home and town insurance.

Since...

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A reflection on AMO's 2011 convention

25 agosto 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in What I'm reading now, Provincial folly, Collingwood's municipal m...
Spent most of this week at the annual AMO (Association of Municipalities of Ontario) convention. This year it was held in London, ON, and around 2,600 municipal politicians and staff from across the province attended. As always, it's a combination of information, networking, schmoozing, politics, workshops and ideas. I've always enjoyed...

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Simcoe County to consider rail line acquisition

08 agosto 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Collingwood's municipal m...
The Barrie-Collingwood Railway (BCRY) may have a little more life left in it. There's a motion on the agenda for the County of Simcoe's Planning and Economic Development committee for its August 10th meeting that reads:

RECOMMENDATION:
THAT staff be authorized to enter into discussions with the Town of Collingwood to acquire the Town’s...

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Changing our policy towards pets

05 abril 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood life, Social values, Collingwood's municipal m...
How many cats and dogs are there in Collingwood? No one knows. In Canada, such statistics are not kept by Stats Can. But we can make an educated guess.

A recent survey done by Colin Siren of Ipsos Reid estimated there are 7.9 million cats and 5.9 million dogs in Canada. The survey also shows that 35% of Canadian households have a dog, while 38%...

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Number 94. The good news: we're not New Glasgow

04 abril 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood life, Social values, Collingwood's municipal m...
Five years ago, Collingwood was listed as the 11th best place in Canada to live. The ten top spots were all taken by cities, making Collingwood the number one town in Canada to live.

Today, in 2011, Moneysense magazine ranks us 94th out of 180 towns and cities, not even in the top half. And some of our ratings are even lower than that: affordable...

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Pollution sources in Collingwood?

12 noviembre 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
Yes, everyone has them, but not necessarily severe or threatening. Still, it's interesting to see how others view our community in an environmental light.

A new website called emitter.ca shows air quality reports taken at numerous locations around Canada. You can search on any community, but the results are a bit spotty in places and depend...

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Chess club gets off to a slow but promising start

27 octubre 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Chess, Collingwood life
Bad weather probably deterred a few prospective players, and Collingwood's Adult Chess Club had a modest attendance, Tuesday night, for its inaugural meeting. Six people showed up to play - or rather six had shown up before I left, an hour-and-a-half later. I hope more will show up over the next few weeks as we continue. It would be nice to...

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