Is This Fair? $7,600 to educate one student in Tiny! By Al Taylor Your Federation made a deputation to the Simcoe County Board of Education Finance Committee on March 16, 1995, demanding that the Board not increase education taxes. This is my second presentation in the last two years. Hopefully, [more]
Federation’s Annual Meeting Cites Successful Year At its 1994 Annual Meeting, the Federation reported on several successful initiatives carried out in 1994. Twenty-seven (27) member associations were represented at the meeting held, at Toronto, on November 22, 1994. In his report, President Al Taylor highlighted the following events: • A deputation [more]
A Forest Perspective By Paul Masterson Driving the roads of Tiny, one is always conscious of forest stands of various species composition ranging from conifers (pines and spruces), hardwood stands (maple, oak, beech, ash an cherry) to mixed stands of both softwood and hardwood species. The forests of Tiny are [more]
You Had To Be There By Doreen Cheeseman What were you doing on July 30th at about 9 at night? Were you swatting flies off the barbecue? Or maybe you were mopping up after a malfunctioning toilet? Well, you can be sure that 175 happy people were having a great [more]
Who pays the freight? Twice a year, by mail, you receive, at your permanent residence, a copy of The Tiny Cottager. You and other Tiny taxpayers in the shoreline areas of the township receive the paper FREE of charge. The Tiny Cottager newspaper is published by the Federation, the umbrella [more]
Voting by Proxy – it’s easier than you think If you cannot vote in person, ask someone (a friend or neighbour) who is going to vote to cast your PROXY VOTE. PROXY GIVER and PROXY VOTE CARRIER An eligible voter may cast his/her own vote and a proxy vote on [more]
UNITED WE MUST STAND… by Paul Masterson In a few weeks time, across Ontario, our municipal governments will be experiencing a democratic process called elections. In this exercise, the citizens of those communities (cities, towns and townships) will be choosing, by ballot, fellow citizens who have committed themselves to govern [more]
Tiny Council’s 3-Year performance report By Frank Hughes and Patricia O’Driscoll Many of us are unaware of Council activities in our other home away from Tiny such as Toronto, Kitchener, Oshawa or other parts of the province. Why? The simple answer seems to be that there are more eyes glued [more]
Time to make your mark is coming! by Paul Masterson The time is coming to stand up and be counted! The first advance polling date is October 29 and by the evening of November the 14th, election day, the new Council will be known. But, the candidates will not be [more]
The Federation is impressed… With permission, the following excerpt is reprinted from a pamphlet prepared by the Cawaja Propertyowners Association. LET’S WORK TOGETHER Access to the Beach Access to the beach has not changed. Most of us have been property owners at Cawaja Beach for several decades. In that time, [more]
The Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations