Walking for CHATS

Once again  I am fund raising for CHATS (Community & Home Assistance to Seniors).   I have committed to walk 40K to support programs and services offered by CHATS. Either for altruistic or selfish reasons one can’t help but be impressed with an organization...

Dealing with the Ice Storm Mess

Council held a special working session on Monday to debrief on the ice storm and the clean-up effort. Township Staff’s efforts throughout the storm and period of electricity outages is really remarkable. And it is also very clear that our Staff is very aware...

new look & features for WWW.KING.CA

www.king.ca has a new look and new functionality! The new site has been optimized for faster surfing; searching and has been designed and developed within the Web Accessibility Standards of Canada. Check out the on-line services. You can sign up to receive notices of...

Surviving The Ice Storm

Before commenting on the ice storm I want to wish you all a very happy, safe and successful New Year. Christmas 2013 will certainly be remembered: the ice storm really tested everyone’s resilience. I know that in many cases people were very challenged to keep...

2014 Budget Decisions Begin

Deliberations on the 2014 budget begin at December 16 Council. You can review the draft budget here. The draft proposes an increase of  2.59%; assuming the proposed York Region increase of 1.54% and the proposed neutral rate from School Board,the blended increase for...