The Illusion & The Reality

  This is just one of the many ways that your neighbourhood REALTOR® gives back to the community at large   Realtors Care Foundation provides support for shelter related charities.  The Realtors Care Foundation supports many different shelter based organizations throughoutut the province from foo...

  Is Your Hydro Supplier Switching To Time Of Use Charges? - Will It Cost You More Or Less? Over the last year we have used on average 40 kWh per day. On a 30 day month that is 1,200 kWh. Our service provider, Hydro One, charges us .058 per kWh for the first 1,000 kWh and .067 for the balance mak...

  Experience the Joy of that First Christmas I invite you to join me as we witness the wonder of that very first Christmas.  We will be sitting on the bleachers surrounding the park, but we could just as easily be overlooking the town of Bethlehem.  Peeking in, we follow Joseph leading the donkey...

In an earlier post You and "YOUR" Property Tax Bill -- Is Current Value Assessment (CVA) A Better Way?  I looked at our current assessment system and the unfairness of it for many taxpayers. Today's example looks at the Durham Region Portion of Your Tax Bill from the point of view taken by some w...

Santa visits two local communities on Saturday November 28th Uxbridge @11am and Port Perry @ 5pm   Santa Claus Is Coming To Town ...  The Annual Santa Clause Parade takes place Saturday November 29th 11:00 am Downtown Uxbridge The BIA (Uxbridge Business Improvement Area) will be handing out coupo...

Winter Driving In her post Dress For The Ditch earlier today Kathy addressed some of the things that should be in your emergency kit in your car. Now I would like to show the silly and the serious side of winter driving.   Are you ready for it?   Some Folks Just Don't Get It Have you ever driven ...

An obituary printed in the London Times: Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common, Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated su...

This option will not work correctly. Unfortunately, your browser does not support inline frames. Its enough to make you sick, but what is even grosser is that the US Debt is $39,000 per person and spiraling out of control.    

Matthew House - A Place At The End Of The Refugee Highway Come and enjoy stories, photos, and music that captures the heartbeat of Matthew House including former resident Josiane Aboungono 2008 and 2009 Canada Running Series Champion. Silent Auction -FundraiserNovotel Hotel - Gibson Ballroom7:00 ...

  You and "YOUR" Property Tax Bill -- My Prescription Provided Pain Relief   By now you should have paid your final tax bill for the year and it likely hurt because it was up substantially from last year.   The question is - did you pay more than your fair share or less?   I felt I was going to b...