Bob Kain’s Cartoon

ECOFARMS: ALTERNATIVE TO DUMPS? The Pauze Dump was sold in March, 1992, to local entrepreneur Randy Markham who hopes to “mine” it for recyclables. Markham’s company, EcoFarms Incorporated, is looking for funding to set up a major facility at the site which would recycle 95% of all waste from municipal [more]

Fair Tax Commission Reprinted, with permission, from the Muskoka Lakes Association Newsletter, (Winter 1994). On December 16, 1993, the Ontario Fair Tax Commission released its report to the Minister of Finance, making 135 recommendations designed to achieve more fairness in the province’s tax system. The core issues addressed in the [more]

LEAKS FROM THE LOCAL FIREHALL Firefighting equipment in Tiny Township is showing the ravages of its age and decades of poor Council planning practices. A program of replacement should be seriously considered, according to Councillor Doug Taylor. Five firehalls serve the Tiny Township area, located in Wyevale, Wyebridge, Woodland Beach, [more]