I talked with Ian Taylor, a director of the Perth County Historial Foundation on September 29. Here’s what he has to say about the bad decision of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to widen the highway through the little village of Shakespeare, Ontario, thus destroying much of this historic community. [Audio clip: view full post to [...] Read more

I talked to Kevin Bentley from Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation, on Monday, September 21. He is manager of engineering for the southwest region of the ministry and tells me, without equivocation, that the preferred new route for Highway 7 – 8 has been boiled down to the current path through the little village of Shakespeare, [...] Read more

Site 41 is dead. Long live the residents of Simcoe County. It was a great morning Tuesday, September 22, when all but three Simcoe County Councillors voted to kill the Simcoe North Landfill, otherwise known as Site 41 or Dumpsite 41 in Tiny Township, Ontario. There is still work to be done. The Ministry of the Environment’s [...] Read more

Why should we try to save the little village of Shakespeare, Ontario? This is my latest campaign and I believe Shakespeare is worth saving.   It is home to 750 people who run some great antique shops and other businesses and like living here between Stratford and Kitchener-Waterloo.   Perhaps just as important, it’s a great slice of our [...] Read more