On behalf of the Board of Directors of the United Way Bruce Grey we would like to recognize the tremendous extra effort by our Executive Director, staff and volunteers in mobilizing and co-ordinating the direct relief, and fund-raising efforts over the past weeks since the devastaing fire in Owen Sound. All the while continuing to support the other impotant ongoing United Way programs.
The issue of how funds raised will be allocated is no simple matter, but...
by Kelly Babcock
Thursday August 20th, at 8PM, The Avalon Jazz Lounge and Patio, 229, 9th St. E., presents David Sereda, Tyler Wagler, & Keira McArthur performing "music that leaps over fences! music, in the present tense! three converging Canadian voices who cook!"
Thursday August 20th, at 8PM, at Kelso Beach, 1900, 3rd Ave. W., the Georgian Bay Folk Society presents Summerfolk 40th Birthday Bash at the "Down By The Bay" tent. Performers are MonkeyJunk and Matt Andersen. Come join in for the only way to kick off Summerfolk40
Friday, August 21st, at 4:30PM at Kelso Beach, 1900, 3rd Ave. W., the Georgian Bay Folk Society presents the Fortieth Annual Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival, This Festival lasts all weekend long. Performances by Joel Plasket, Whitehorse, Trout Fishing In America, Samantha Martin, Delhi 2 Dublin, MacKenzie Blues Band, Chicks With Picks ...
-by Jane Phillips
Canadian statistics over the last several decades confirm that as the economy weakens, self-employment grows. The author of the Statistics Canada report Self-employment in the downturn Sébastien LaRochelle-Côté says the data is incomplete, but it appears that the people who are most successful at starting new businesses are men over 55. Those are also the people who are also more likely to create jobs for others. LaRochelle-Côté says it does not appear they are starting the new businesses because they are being pushed into it by job loss. Instead they often leave a good job to start a dream project. They are pulled.
It's essential to understand that there is no "right time" to launch a new business. There is no ideal economic environment, no perfect market window, no flawless product idea that will guarantee your new business will be a success.
Mediocre products launched in a down economy can be the platform for a successful business; insanely brilliant products launched in a roaring bull market can collapse like a badly made souffle .
The "right time" is...
The Western Ontario Wardens' Caucus (WOWC) is ensuring that its efforts to bring ultra-high-speed internet across the region is on the Province's radar at the Association of Municipalites of Ontario conference in Niagara Falls.
WOWC updated Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure Brad Duguid about the project, which aims to address the region's long-term readiness as the demand for connectivity grows.
The Caucus delegation thanked Minister Duguid for his support thus far, as the project tries to pull together nearly $189 million in provincial and federal funding. Because of the early election call, the federal commitment could be ...
Mr Miller missed yet another chance to tell voters how the Conservatives would improve our democratic deficit by skipping out of a public forum on proportional representation in Flesherton on August 12.
Briefly stated, PR is simply a way of voting that more accurately reflects the wishes of all voters than does our current 'First Past the Post' (FPTP) system.
Some form of proportional representation is currently is use in 85% of OECD countries (countries with mature democracies and modern economies). There are different forms, and the form that Mr Miller described in a letter to the SunTimes is known as 'closed Mixed Member Proportional' (MMP). He's right, voters cannot see who will represent them, and I agree that method is open to abuse.
That is precisely why the NDP rejects that method and supports Open MMP or an Open Ballot. On an open ballot you get to vote for your MP just as you do now.
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