It was a busy time in Ottawa this week. Members of Parliament scurried to find their seats in the House of Commons. On Thursday, they elected their Speaker and on Friday they all marched over to the Senate Chamber to hear the Speech from the Throne, delivered by the Governor […]
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Listen Up! – Main Street blues
There has been a spot of controversy this past week over a decision by Huntsville’s Committee of Adjustment to waive payment in lieu of parking spaces for a proposed new building complex on the site of the old Dominion Store on Main Street. The Committee of Adjustment is a statutory […]
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Opinion – No surprise that a developer wouldn’t want to pay cash in lieu of parking, but shame on the Committee for caving
By Tony Doob and Dwayne Verhey Recently, Huntsville’s Committee of Adjustment waived a planning “requirement” for parking spots to service a development on Main Street East. The reason? The developer preferred not to use part of the land for parking. He didn’t like the other standard option either: to pay […]
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Listen Up! – In the cold light of dawn
It has been quite a month, both in terms of Canadian politics and world events. In Canada there has been much celebration over the election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and he has been treated as some sort of a rock star at the various international events he has recently […]
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Listen up! – Trudeau is facing a defining moment, so is Canada
I wish I didn’t have to write this one…but I do. I had another commentary planned for this week but I scrapped it. I just couldn’t get past Paris. Actually, in the past few weeks we have had three bold-faced terrorist attacks by ISIS; the downed Russian airplane in the […]
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Opinion: Why cultural events and attractions are important to Huntsville
I sit on the Huntsville/ Lake of Bays Chamber of Commerce Cultural Tourism Committee. A friend jokingly asked me why we would be encouraging more tourism in Huntsville when one can barely drive down Main Street in the summer. The reality is that cultural tourists are well educated and yearn […]
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Listen Up! – Ray Porter is gentle, friendly and respectful, just like Santa Claus
YES VIRGINIA…… During the years that Peter and Elizabeth Rice ran the Forester and perhaps before, they ran the same editorial the week before Christmas titled, “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!” Well I certainly don’t want to upset Virginia or any other person, but I have learned over […]
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Listen up! – Implementing a destination tax is the right thing to do for Huntsville
A tourist trap? I don’t think so. Last week there was a meeting of Huntsville Council’s Economic Development Committee. Actually, there are only two councillors on the nine person committee, the Chair, Bob Stone and Brian Thompson. And for the record, only one woman on this committee. Justin Trudeau would […]
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