COLUMN SIX: Give words to the loss
BY COLIN BREZICKI Special to the VOICE Everything I know about grieving I learned many years ago from my English professor. Dr. Wilders (pronounced like builders) wasn’t a grief counselor, the name we now give…
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COLUMN SIX: Stuck in the future
It’s a brave new world, for some BY COLIN BREZICKI Special to the VOICE If you don’t know where you’re going, any road can take you there. I was thinking of Alice down the rabbit…
Whistleblower Protection vs. Government Confidentiality
Address by André Marin, Ombudsman of Ontario, to the International Conference of Ombudsmen, in Willemstad, Curaçao June 16, 2011 Mr. President, Governor General, Madame Ombudsman, distinguished guests: I was delighted when Alba invited me here…
COLUMN SIX: One night only
BY SAMUEL PICCOLO The VOICE We are stuck in traffic at the beginning of “The Welland Canal Play,” a local production that finished its run in St. Catharines and stopped by Old Pelham Town Hall…
COLUMN SIX: In autumn, the day rules
BY SAMUEL PICCOLO The VOICE In each season there is a best time of the day to take a walk. Winter owns the night. Most people rise and go to work before the sun has…
TOWN OF PELHAM FORENSIC AUDIT: What must be asked
The Voice has reached out to various expert sources for their input on what would properly constitute a thorough examination of the Town of Pelham’s controversial land transactions in East Fonthill, as well as an…
COMMENTARY: Council, do the right thing
Do the audit, and do it right BY NICK SALTARELLI Special to the VOICE Over the past few months the ratepayers of the Town of Pelham and the Niagara Region have been witnessing a…
The Cruise from Hell
$100 million here, $100 million there, it’s only money BY MIKE HOCH Special to the VOICE Being acquainted with the editor of the local paper might ensure timely delivery, but the flip side is that…
OP-ED: Stop the dodging, I’ll pay for the audit
BY RAINER HUMMEL Mayor Augustyn and Pelham Town Council are putting more time and effort into attacking me personally and threatening legal action instead of openly addressing the many concerns held by the community. Since…
Divining political identity, blog by blog
By JIM PITT Special to the VOICE Officially, political parties are banned in Ontario municipal politics. There are moves, sometimes, by local politicians in various locales to introduce the notion, but so far parties remain…