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EDITORIALS AND EDITORIAL CARTOONS
Festival more than fun and games
Editorials Jun 26, 2008
It’s upon us, Whitchurch-Stouffville.

The 24th annual Strawberry Festival officially opens tonight.

It runs thought Sunday then reconvenes Tuesday for Canada Day... [FULL STORY]
Incineration wasn't one of the options
Editorials Jun 26, 2008
York Region has become a victim of its own quest to recycle as much as possible. Now it turns out a third of the organic waste we separate at source is being trucked to Niagara Falls, New York, to... [FULL STORY]
Make trustee spending transparent
Editorials Jun 19, 2008
There are a lot of ironies in the current fuss over spending by school trustees.

It was big trustee salaries and the building of supposedly Taj Mahal-like administrative buildings that... [FULL STORY]
Health care costs shared responsibility
Editorials Jun 12, 2008
York Region’s hospitals need money.

In fact, they need $2.2 billion over the next 18 years, they say, to provide health care to the nearly one million residents they collectively... [FULL STORY]
A look back, and ahead
Editorials Jun 06, 2008
It’s called Doors Open Whitchurch-Stouffville.

It’s on this Saturday from 12 locations throughout the municipality.

The premise?

You can get entry into buildings... [FULL STORY]
Inactive youth face unhealthy future
Editorials Jun 06, 2008
We need to do more to keep our children active, not just to enhance the lives they are living today, but to ensure they have healthy, active futures.

Two reports the past week suggest we... [FULL STORY]
Subway may not be ticket for region
Editorials May 29, 2008
Spending $5 billion bringing the subway to York Region may not be the best use of our transit money, according to critics who have had a chance to sit back and assess last year’s announcements of... [FULL STORY]

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Missing Richmond Hill man found dead
Richmond Hill Jul 08, 2008
Police have found the remains of a Richmond Hill man reported missing yesterday.

David Hackett, 48, was last seen by his wife at about 6 p.m. Monday in the Bathurst Street and Rutherford... [FULL STORY]
Storm downs trees, power lines
Georgina Jul 08, 2008
A violent thunderstorm ripped through Georgina just after noon with most of the damage concentrated along the lakeshore from Willow Beach to Jackson's Point where trees were uprooted and power... [FULL STORY]

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