by Kristi Green | Jul 3, 2014 | News
Clearview is proposing to lower its development charges. Development charges are fees collected from developers when building permits are issued. They are based on a background study, as well as evaluations of the cost of new growth in the municipality. These fees...
by Kristi Green | Jul 2, 2014 | News
By Lisa Timpf Once summer started approaching, it was time to turn my attention to the great outdoors – which includes, in our case, the modest orchard we have developed over the past few years. Okay, so “orchard” is probably an overstatement. What we actually have is...
by Kristi Green | Jul 2, 2014 | News
By David Bull We had a raspberry patch in the middle of the paddock. Filling a basket with raspberries was an extremely exciting task. If Dolly caught you there, it usually ended in you doing the Fosbury Flop over the electric fence trying to salvage at least part of...
by Kristi Green | Jul 2, 2014 | News
By Cat Flack Farming is a game. The first part of the game is waiting for the land to dry up enough so that you can get on it and get it ready for planting. There is manure to till in so it doesn’t burn your young plants, and trying to do this when the ground is soft...
by Kristi Green | Jul 2, 2014 | News
By Gertrude King Gloomy stories about the challenges of aging and care have become a media constant. This is why it was so refreshing to hear Dr. Samir Sinha’s keynote address at the Ontario Hospice and Palliative Care Association’s annual conference in April. He...
by Kristi Green | Jul 2, 2014 | News
By Kara McIntosh Growing up as part of a large family in the rural south of France, Michel Masselin of Chez Michel restaurant has lots of experience working in a vegetable garden. “With so many of us, there was lots of work to be done. My Dad organized the family...
