According to Al Howse, president of Branch 124, the craft sale has been a staple of the Legion for over five years, usually raising more than $1,000 annually.
To support the Ronald McDonald House, Revel Realty hosts several fundraisers throughout the year, including a golf tournament and the annual Revel Ball.
"The changes to increase affordability are costly, cash-flow punishing, increase indebtedness and trick the financially illiterate (like the finance minister, apparently) into a false conclusion," writes Garth Turner.
"While it wouldn’t make the pain of increased property taxes any less, a process dedicated to 'transparency, fiscal responsibility and effective communication with our residents' would certainly go some distance to increasing the confidence of NOTL’s voters," writes Brian Marshall.
"Forcing people already dealing with an out-of-control affordability crisis to pay out of pocket for needed medical supplies is outrageous," writes MPP Wayne Gates.
"I’m not sure that council provided appropriate guidance before the budget process began. I don’t think we would be looking at a 14.4 per cent increase had they done so," writes Jonathan Household.
"We’d also like to thank all the NOTL homeowners who granted us permission to cut boughs and greens from your properties for the planters. Your kindness added to the success of the fundraiser," writes Carolyn Greenfield.
This week’s image of Queenston originally had very little information attached to it. From our local sleuth, this photo was determined to be taken from the corner of Kent and Queenston streets, looking towards Queenston Heights.
"It’s a sad state of affairs when our town lets this kind of thing slide by — when only one or two politicians stand up against withholding information and fight for what’s right," writes editor-in-chief Richard Harley.
