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The President’s Message
The President’s Message By Judith Grant In 2003, the year of the last municipal election, our association, FoTTSA, posted an announcement on The Tiny Cottager website and Tiny’s Residents Working Together printed the same announcement in the Labour Day issue of Tiny Ties. It read – A True Community in [more]
Beach Histories
A Heritage Building Lovingly Preserved at Nottawaga Beach: Hamilton Inn – 1838 to the present
A Heritage Building Lovingly Preserved at Nottawaga Beach: Hamilton Inn – 1838 to the present By Fraser C. Parrott, Jim Parrott & J. Fraser Parrott The Hamilton Inn has a long and distinguished career – first as a home, then Inn and [more]
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More Than MPAC Needs Reform
More Than MPAC Needs Reform By Michael Hasley The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) was the subject of an extensive investigation by the Ontario Ombudsman, culminating in a report on March 28th of this year. He was scathing in his criticism of many of the practices of MPAC, including “…the [more]
Beach Issues
Volunteers Gather Valuable Water Quality Data
Volunteers Gather Valuable Water Quality Data By Judith Grant If a Volunteer Water Sampling Program is to be successful, many people have to undertake a long list of tasks and do them well. Preparation begins long before the summer arrives with organizational e-mails and phone calls to the laboratory that [more]
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You Can’t Please Everyone But we’re sure going to try!
You Can’t Please Everyone But we’re sure going to try! By Renate Lavis For two years the Federation has held a dance at the Brooklea Golf & Country Club, and to be honest Mike and I had a real good time – However … Some said the band was too [more]
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Tiny Gets Not So Tiny Shaft!
Tiny Gets Not So Tiny Shaft! It’s a Shocker! Call 1-800-461-4230 or (705) 728-2270 or fax- (705) 728-3077 to learn what your MVA taxes would be. The dramatic tax increases under Full Market Value across the County makes this option virtually dead. For Tiny, under Factored MVA, an analysis of [more]
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TEAC Report
TEAC Report By Jack Ellis Perhaps not many people are aware that Tiny Township has an Environmental Advisory Committee. The Committee usually called TEAC was set up by Council to advise it on matters affecting the environment generally, and to serve as an information gathering body for citizens and the [more]
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Swimmer’s Itch
Swimmer’s Itch By Ron Stockburn Due to the large number of Sea Gulls along Tiny’s Beaches, this skin irritation has become quite common, especially during the heat of August. It is a temporary condition that results when swimmers become part of the life cycle of a parasite that flourishes in [more]
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Sludge “comment” misleads
Sludge “comment” misleads The August, 1995 Tiny Ties says that Council “reported” that Council “has publically stated that it feels ‘comfortable’ with the continuing practice of spreading treated sludge and raw sewage fresh from our septic tanks, on agricultural fields here in the Township.” Council never made any statement to [more]