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By Mike Williscraft NewsNow It was Thanksgiving Day on Monday and, boy, was I thankful there was no Grimsby council. Those days are like Christmas around here. The mood is […]
It was noted on this page last year when it was learned West Lincoln would be getting into a major planning study for future residential development in Smithville that they […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow When the wheels come off at Grimsby council, the vehicle does not just pull to a stop and dysfunction reigns. No, this crew takes that vehicle, […]
1:58:33 “Huh, no it wasn’t” That was Coun. Randy Vaine’s response when Coun. Lianne Vardy asked him to show his face at Monday’s council meeting Zoom while an Integrity Commissioner […]
Congratulations to Doug Burton and Roger Judge on their recognition as Life Members of the Beamsville & District Lions Club. Anyone who has dealt with the Lions in the last […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow So, it’s Sept. 30. Yes, you may be seeing this a day early or a day late, but this edition of stellar prose is in our […]
It is only fitting in an edition in which we give a very classy former MP Shirley Martin a send off and have coverage of Canada’s federal election to review […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow There are some columns which just write themselves. Then there are those you really don’t want to write. This is one of the latter. As you […]
A major downtown development was the subject of an initial public meeting for Official Plan and zoning bylaw amendments Monday night. The proposal – at the corner of Elm and […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow As stated last week when I clearly outlined how Grimsby Councillors Kevin Ritchie and Dave Kadwell would engineer things to ensure they both got a spot […]
It was a relatively simple part of the planning appeal process, but it marked the start of something which will, essentially, determine whether or not Grimsby’s east end gets significantly […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow As this edition is printing, the rubber will be hitting the road when it comes to Grimsby and Lincoln amalgamating fire departments. Lincoln will have its […]
Issues…what are the issues and what are you going to do about them? Those should be the only questions political candidates of all stripes and levels should be worried about. […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Despite it being August and most residents paying attention to other things right now, I was deluged by comments regarding last week’s story regarding Grimsby Council’s […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow As I was watching the show Monday night I was racking my brain…trying to think of what Coun. Randy Vaine and Coun. Kevin Ritchie remind me […]
Unless you are completely out of touch, you know, good reader, we are in the midst of a federal election campaign. We’re a little over a week in and the […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow People in Lincoln who think they are seeing development pressure now have not seen anything yet. The tidal wave of building has come around the lake […]
Like any community newspaper, the NewsNow team love to cover all the great things in our communities. That is the easy, the fun, part of the job. There is also […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Let’s talk a little about about letters to the editor, shall we? We get a lot of them every week – sometimes on topics covered in […]
Last week this space was filled with prose suggesting COVID passports are needed. That position is valid. So, too, are concerns about misuse of such a tool. It would be […]
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