There are still plenty of concerns, and questions as to whether it's really needed, but York Region seems ready to press ahead with the reopening of the closed road allowance on Bathurst Street. More...

Road rage is stupid, wasteful, potentially dangerous and something most of us have resorted to at some time. It is, alas, an inevitable reality that goes along with frequent use of the public road network. If you're going to share roads with all the other people licensed to drive on them, there is going to be a certain amount of friction. More...

Government budgets, like the one brought down last week by Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, can be confusing documents, even for people who understand finances and are into number crunching. These are massive documents, spelling out how billions of dollars are going to be spent, and where the billions are going to come from to cover that outlay. More...

In spring 2005 I was invited to join the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Working Group to help choose a site for a transformer station in York Region. OPA staged presentations identifying a location on Miller Sideroad as the site most suited for their needs. The site was a five-acre parcel of land set far back from the road. More...

Alex Pietrangelo's strength and ability has the current Niagara Ice Dog's stock on the rise heading into the 2008 National Hockey League draft of 18- year-olds, scheduled for June 20 in Ottawa. Like an actual dog, this King City resident has been taking a bite out of the competition during the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) playoffs. More...

Happy Times Euchre Club Submitted by Shirley Stonehouse Members of the Happy Times Euchre Club played their weekly round of cards. They reported attendance was down due to other commitments of some of the members of the club, but hopefully they'll be back at full capacity next week. More...

All Saints' Anglican Church Submitted by Claire Alexander As we experienced with this year's early Easter, the first full moon after the vernal (spring) equinox determines many church dates under the Gregorian calendar, unless the full moon comes on a Sunday, and Easter is delayed a week. More...

Horticulture "Strolling through the park watching winter turn to spring . . ." While this transitional stage is here, its time to think about annual flowers that need to be sown early. Among them are poppies. For colour all summer long, plant a patch of annual poppies (papaver) and dead head them two or three times a week. More...