Learn about the Referendum

Author: 
Lyn McGinnis
Date: 
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Confused about the upcoming referendum on electoral reform? A public
meeting will be held at Beaver Creek Housing Co-operative on Bearinger
Road in North Waterloo this Friday, September 28, starting at 7:00
pm to answer your questions.

Round Two: University 3 – Environmentalists 0

Author: 
John Brouwer
Date: 
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

On April 23 city council reconsidered the sports field environmental assessment (EA) and voted six to one, to approve the EA. Obviously councilors had been lobbied extensively by the university. A few councilors justified their vote by trying to separate their approval of the EA from the final approval of the sports field deal which will come later.

Councilors did not hear the arguments that the EA process and its conclusions were flawed.

Eastern Redbud: Cercis Canadensis L.

Author: 
John Brouwer
Date: 
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Redbud in bloom

Redbud is a small tree which is inundated with mauve blossoms in late April to early May before leaves develop. It competes with forsythia in providing a spectacular spring show.

Although redbud is part of the Carolinian forest, south-western Ontario is the absolute northern limit of its range. Contrary to its Latin name, most American publications list it as native only to eastern United States from northern Florida to Vermont and west to the prairies. However a late eighteenth century letter describes a redbud tree at the tip of Point Pelee which at the time was being eroded by waves and subsequently lost to further inquiry. But it is this reference which Ontario botanists cite to prove that redbud is a native to southern Ontario. Redbuds which grow wild in southern Ontario are assumed to come from Michigan seed stock.

Round One: Environmentalists 1 – University 0

Author: 
John Brouwer
Date: 
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

In a marathon meeting on the evening of February 19, city council voted 5 to 2 in favour of delaying receiving the environmental assessment which recommends sports fields on the environmental reserve.

Is buying a house better than living in a co-op?

Author: 
Steve Furino
Date: 
Thursday, January 1, 1998

With mortgage rates at all-time lows, is it a better financial investment to buy a house of live in a co-op?

Usually money is not the only issue when someone decides to buy a house, rent an apartment or live in a co-op. Some people prefer the co-op community, others enjoy the pride and pleasure of owning their house. I won't speak to these issues. I'll simply look at the question:

Would I have more wealth in twenty years if I bought a house or if I invested the difference between buying a house and living in a co-op?

Buy Viagra online

Author: 
Jonathan C. Dietrich
Date: 
Tuesday, April 2, 1996
Factory owner's opened general stores.

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Affordable Housing Doesn't Pay: why private developers will not pick up the slack from government

Author: 
Lyn McGinnis
Date: 
Monday, April 1, 1996

If the provincial government wants to get out of the housing business, who would build non-profit and co-operative housing in Ontario? According to Dwight Syms, no one.

Cars and the Spirit of Co-op Living: By the way... could I borrow your car again?

Author: 
Lyn McGinnis
Date: 
Friday, March 1, 1996

Last spring, Geraldine and I threw in the towel on our most recent used car. After spending hundreds of dollars on never ending repairs, the engine cracked a week after we had the brakes fixed!

We agreed we had learned everything the universe possibly had to teach us about driving a succession of worn-out lemons into the ground. So we sat around the kitchen table and tried to budget for a new car. It was possible, but we thought a diet of bread and water for that many years might be a bit much.

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