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A GOLDEN MOMENT Becky Kellar, a four-time Olympian in women's hockey and retired Team Canada defender, was at Linwood Public School on Thursday morning to describe to the students what it took to win gold in Vancouver a year ago. She was joined by Carli Jones (left), Bailee Karley, Sally Draper and Hope Richmond of the Twin Centre Bantam LL Hericanes.
Region ponders fate of bus service in Woolwich Steve Kannon
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fter running buses into Woolwich under a pilot project for the past two years, the region will decide next month if the service will be made permanent.
And if township residents will pick up the $457,000 tab. The expense would require a 2.6-per-cent increase on the Waterloo Region portion of the tax bill, adding $35.54 a year to the average residential property valued
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at $225,000. In a presentation to Woolwich councillors Feb. 22, regional officials said the tax increase would be phased in over two years: 2.01 per cent in 2011, and the remaining 0.56 in 2012.
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As councillors noted, however, the impact could be higher if the costs – $357,000 for operating expenses, and $100,000 for buses – are covered only by residents of Elmira and St. Jacobs, which are served by Grand River
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Transit route 21. Ward 3 Coun. Bonnie Bryant argued that residents in Breslau, Maryhill and Conestogo, for instance, would see no benefit from
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