"Property taxes are a housing expense directly controlled by municipalities. The town portion of our residential tax bills has increased at multiples of inflation (a 24 per cent compound rate) during this council term," writes Steve McGuinness.
While those involved don't know what the town’s share of the $41 million will be, the funding will allow long-planned upgrades to its user-paid municipal irrigation system to go ahead, said Coun. Erwin Wiens.
"In our current period of uncertainty, not entirely dissimilar from the 1930s, this timely Shaw production of 'Anything Goes' has audiences erupting in a catharsis of cheers, whoops and whistles of appreciation," writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
