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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

Many cats at the GBAR shelter need loving homes

19 April 2010

Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Animals

We spent more than two hours, Saturday, in the cat rooms at the new Georgian Bay Animal Rescue shelter, on the Tenth Line in Collingwood. GBAR has an unusual concept - open rooms, not individual cages. That way cats can socialize, play, move about, interact...

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Tags: pets, Georgian Bay Animal Rescue, animal shelter, Collingwood, cats, GBAR 0 Comments

Litterville

26 March 2010

Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Collingwood's municipal m...

Is it just me, or is this town dirtier this spring than it's ever been? There's litter everywhere. And are there more people than ever not picking up after their dogs? Sure seems that way.

I know spring is usually a messy time, when the snow melts and exposes the debris that's been buried. And the gusts of spring often make the litter...

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Tags: manners, Collingwood, dog dirt, litter, garbage 0 Comments

So the mayor's now a blogger...

23 March 2010

Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Uncategorized

After three years of enduring frequent, snide and insulting comments from our mayor about local bloggers (me included), our mayor has decided to join us. That's right - the mayor has a blog.

Is his imitation the sincerest form of flattery? I doubt it.

As Scoop comments on...

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Tags: blogger, mayor, Collingwood, municipal madness 4 Comments

Downtown patios, again

09 March 2010

Posted by Ian Chadwick

An impassioned presentation on the benefits of moving the downtown restaurant patios to the curbside, last night, failed to move me. I still think it's a bad idea and I haven't heard any comments from the restaurant owners...

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Tags: patios, municipal madness, council, Collingwood, downtown 3 Comments

A rushed budget?

08 March 2010

Posted by Ian Chadwick

[indent]The vote on the 2010 budget comes up tonight (March 8). While it's long overdue (it should have been presented in late 2009), I'm concerned that two of its foremost critics - Councillors Edwards and Foley - are both away from the table tonight.

I realize that, because of jobs, personal demands and other...

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Tags: budget, Collingwood, municipal madness, council 2 Comments

A confederacy of dunces

03 March 2010

Posted by Ian Chadwick

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I'm stupid. Or perhaps, if you want to split semantic hairs, my decisions are stupid. But I'm not at all sure how I can be separated from my decisions, intellectually speaking. Non...

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Tags: Collingwood, council, Sonny Foley, stupidity, municipal madness 2 Comments

Back home again

20 February 2010

Posted by Ian Chadwick

[indent]Back home at last. Was in Mexico at our favourite city - our Sister City - Zihuatanejo, for two weeks. Same place: Casa Cruz del Mar, that we always stay in. We weren't able to go on vacation last year, so this was the first time Susan and I have had away, together, in the last two years. Two weeks...

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