Electricity rates will drop slightly in 2007
      Consumers will be paying less for electricity in 2007 as a result of changes proposed by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). Under these proposed changes, customers will be provided with surplus funds of $57 million that has been accumulated under a market account relating to impor...
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Music for Young Children newsletter
by Susan Stein
      The annual Newsletter with news from the Music for Young Children and family of Gunars and Frances Balodis was sent to me and I'm happy to share it with my readers. As you might already know, it was Frances's brainchild in the early 1980's to establish a course of music for young children and to...
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Essa defers SMH audit request
by Richard Blanchard
      Essa council decided Wednesday night to defer supporting a motion from Adjala-Tosorontio for an independent audit of Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston. The motion passed by Adjala-Tosorontio in December asks that the provincial government to conduct an internal audit on the hospital's financ...
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