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Newmarket Watch: Who does our council serve?
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Watching those things local media ignores. Monday, June 14, 2010. Who does our council serve? I was at an interesting presentation last week by the Executive Director of Fair Vote Canada. Larry Gordon, put on by the good people at CEDNA (Citizens Engaging Democracy Newmarket-Aurora). In case you are unaware of the Fair Vote Canada I’ve included this excerpt from their Statement of Purpose. If you have any feeling that our current election system is flawed I'd recommend you investigate the work Fair Vote ...
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Newmarket Watch: Farmer's Market opening May 8th
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Watching those things local media ignores. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Farmer's Market opening May 8th. Opening day for the 2010 Newmarket Farmers's market has been set for May 8th. It's important to note that because of construction, this year's market is not downtown but at the town offices at 395 Mulock. For those who don't have the ability to get to the new location or want to directly support local food production there are still opportunities to join a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)wher...
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Newmarket Watch: Transitioning York Region
http://newmarketwatch.blogspot.com/2010/07/transitioning-york-region.html
Watching those things local media ignores. Friday, July 23, 2010. It may have been 2 years ago or it may still be a couple of years away but we are on the cusp of Peak Oil, that point where we can no longer increase world oil production as shown on this graph with production in billions of barrels and the year. The end game is we are heading towards much higher energy prices and if we don’t adapt to use less energy very soon we will probably face shortages and major disruptions in our way of life. There ...
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Newmarket Watch: April 2010
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Watching those things local media ignores. Friday, April 16, 2010. Urban Chicken controversy comes to York Region. As I discussed in my article Things I want to see for Newmarket. I also want moves towards the legalization of small urban livestock, hens, rabbits, dwarf goats as part of a greater Right to Farm legislation. This brings you to the question “why are you going on about this topic yet. Read this story “ Coop ruffles town’s feathers. The CLUCK organization has been speading quicly with a number...
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Newmarket Watch: Urban Chicken controversy comes to York Region
http://newmarketwatch.blogspot.com/2010/04/urban-chicken-controversy-comes-to-york.html
Watching those things local media ignores. Friday, April 16, 2010. Urban Chicken controversy comes to York Region. As I discussed in my article Things I want to see for Newmarket. I also want moves towards the legalization of small urban livestock, hens, rabbits, dwarf goats as part of a greater Right to Farm legislation. This brings you to the question “why are you going on about this topic yet. Read this story “ Coop ruffles town’s feathers. The CLUCK organization has been speading quicly with a number...
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Newmarket Watch: Things I want to see for Newmarket
http://newmarketwatch.blogspot.com/2010/02/things-i-want-to-see-for-newmarket.html
Watching those things local media ignores. Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Things I want to see for Newmarket. This a rework of a post on another blog from last year, it seemed appropriate to move it over for a more local audience. LEEDs certification for all new homes and major rebuilds, simple additions must be at least R2000 compliant. If people’s houses are so inefficient that they cannot heat them affordability you will get people freezing in the dark or installing in wood stoves that create...I’...
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Newmarket Watch: Newmarket’s While Elephant
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Watching those things local media ignores. Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Newmarket’s While Elephant. Last night there was a Newmarket council meeting and vote regarding the possibility of a $3 million cost overrun on the renovations to Newmarket’s Old Town Hall. As this recent Era Banner article. States the town set the original cost before an architect even fully assessed the job. Personally I think this is totally irrational; this job should have been fully assessed at the very beginning and compared to th...
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Newmarket Watch: January 2011
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Watching those things local media ignores. Thursday, January 13, 2011. I just have to let you all know about this York Region News satire site I saw on twitter today called Yolk Region News. There's not a lot of content on it yet but it looks like it will be a fun site to read. Here is a description of the project from their About. Welcome to Yolk Region News! Despite all, we love our community and we mean no harm. Kubera Jones, AKA several other guys. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Newmarket Watch: March 2010
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Watching those things local media ignores. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Farmer's Market opening May 8th. Opening day for the 2010 Newmarket Farmers's market has been set for May 8th. It's important to note that because of construction, this year's market is not downtown but at the town offices at 395 Mulock. For those who don't have the ability to get to the new location or want to directly support local food production there are still opportunities to join a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)wher...
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Newmarket Watch: July 2010
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Watching those things local media ignores. Friday, July 23, 2010. It may have been 2 years ago or it may still be a couple of years away but we are on the cusp of Peak Oil, that point where we can no longer increase world oil production as shown on this graph with production in billions of barrels and the year. The end game is we are heading towards much higher energy prices and if we don’t adapt to use less energy very soon we will probably face shortages and major disruptions in our way of life. There ...
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