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GUEST POST: Sebringville’s probelm is Stratford’s problem too.
In 2012, a development proposal for a patch of farmland on Sebringville’s edge wasquietly shelved. The project faced a wall of provincial safeguards: a firm EnvironmentalAssessment process, strict groundwater protection rules, and a public system that,...
Loreena McKennitt on Stratford’s new CAO
With the retirement of Joan Thompson, the City of Stratford is looking for a new CAO. This is not just another boring administrative detail, but an extremely important step for us, as Loreena McKennitt made clear in a recent presentation to Council. The CAO...
Securing our digital future
This is a very geeky post, written for fellow activists responsible for the data their organization collects. For those who are just interested in whether the U.S. government is peeking in to their personal affairs, here's a short summary of what we learned for this...
Mike Sullivan’s talk at The Stratford Rotary Club
"We hope this is a blip,and not a trend to more secrecy." Last month Mike Sullivan spoke at the Stratford Rotary Club on Get Concerned Stratford's role in the 2020 Glass Factory issue. Club member Rheo Thompson obtained a copy of the book, ‘A Winning Campaign’,...
Americans! Having a little trouble with your government??
When we are down and things look dark, Canadians often think of the words of our national guru, Red Green. Always a wise councillor, he advised, “If the women don’t find ya handsome, they should at least find ya handy.” We have all memorized these words, and we know...
Navigating new media
This page is really a draft. We have started working on it to help with questions we've been receiving on how to wade through the increasing noise of today's media. We hope you'll have your own favourites to add in the comments. Let's dig in together, and make a...
Franz Hartman speaks at another successful Climate Momentum mixer
I apologize for not presenting all the questions and comments at the end of Wednesday's Climate Momentum talk posted below. There were female speakers, but unfortunately they were at the back, and I couldn't capture their questions from my position at the front....
Sebringville: we’re all in this together
Sebringville is threatened with a development that could double its size. What does that mean for Stratford?The proposed Sebringville development could add over 300 apartments to this small hamlet, and many people aren't happy about it. The big crowd at Sunday's...
We have decided to take legal action
You no doubt remember the huge kerfuffle last spring over our alleged violation of the City’s new Respectful Workplace Policy. Our spokesperson, Mike Sullivan, was denied access to City buildings for three months for his deputations on February 26, 2024 to Council,...
Letter from a reader: TEDx Stratford
Housing is for babies, Mike Moffatt.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utyKkGm7ynM A fix for our Broken Cities, Anneke Smit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I8Jr9dIBjw Cities - The Habitat of the Human Spirit, Paul...