A guest post! Born, raised and retired in Ontario’s feel-good community, Cobourg, Wally Keeler, aka Poetician1, recently had his heart repaired in the world’s second-best cardio hospital in the world, according to a Newsweek survey. It forced a lot of housebound time. This provided the natural-born poet the time to develop a bunch of flash fiction stories. “The outline for...
The Deputy wants to be the “Big Cheese”! Deputy Mayor Nicole Beatty has decided to run in the Mayor’s race in Cobourg’s 2026 Municipal Election. Issuing a statement read it here she says she intends to file on May 1st. It should be noted that the present Mayor has told various people that he wants to run again but there...
For the 55% of those Citizens who usually vote for the NDP this is your new Leader – Avi Lewis (wiki-ref here). A very controversial figure within the Party and out of it as well. The election immediately sparked kickback from a couple of NDP Provincial Party leaders because of his stand against “Big Oil” and the economy’s tilt toward...
Submitted by a local Citizen – Wally Keeler Two regular characters showed up on Draper’s blog on February 3, 2026, to reply to an individual who posted a query about repairs to the east pier. ================================= Ken Strauss, “… how many of Cobourg’s 10,000 families use the East Pier? What is the estimated cost to repair?” ================================ 10,000 families, a...
It’s 2026 now – HAPPY NEW YEAR – it had better be better than 2025; the nasty year. It will be it’s Election Year! – Ontario Municipals and the US Midterms. Here in Cobourg the electioneering wishers have been all over some members of the existing Council and pledging not to vote for them – “The Three Bs”. As these...
………For all of those who want to be in the debate about the unhoused in our community. Chance Brown, a local activist in the unhoused community has posted these explanations of the way the ECE bylaw works against basic Human Rights and the mandate of providing a safe haven for the unhoused. A Rule against Rest click on the link,...
A few weeks ago, as I might have mentioned in my Travel Page, I was having trouble with my web hosting. As a result I came back home to the local Internet magicians – Eagle.ca. They setup this site and a couple of others in the archive on their server and we are off the races as far as efficiency...
In new blogpost from Brighton Councillor Jeff Wheeldon he explains a couple of things that have happened lately and gives an excellent narrative and explanation why Cobourg’s ECE bylaw prevents proper operation of any warming room located in Cobourg. But more than anything he states very firmly why he is correct in speaking out against the present operation of the...
We don’t care how much or how many “Cover Your Ass” statements (CYA) Cobourg Council issues anybody who condones or supports sleep deprivation is clearly guilty of torture! A Special Meeting of Council was held on Friday 12th December to address the many emails and calls that members of Council had received about the policy of not allowing sleeping in...
When Systems Go Bad The topic of the unhoused and the lack of a realistic warming room has just been reignited by a very good blog post which references a letter addressed to the County Council from Brighton Cllr Jeff Wheeldon. Mr. Wheeldon, obviously writing as a troubled private person and not in his Councillor capacity implies the lack of...
“OK, so you’ve panned the BTF’s report. If you had been a on the BTF, what ideas/programs/solutions would you have advocated? Please include sources and numbers. Looking forward to your reply. This challenge came in a comment to my post on the Cobourg News site. We are happy to respond. Firstly, as we reported the Budget Task Force (BTF) report...
The Budgeteers have delivered, albeit two months late. It is an underwhelming document (read it here) simply because of the lack of specifics as opposed to mantras and platitudes. To put it bluntly we could have saved $20,000 and a lot of volunteer labour by just recycling most of the “Free- Marketeer’s” comments from the various posts comments, on recent...
This story was one of my first for a local publication. Written in 2008.
This article was about the history of coffeeshops and the coffeeshops in Cobourg in 2008
There are 52 of them – Jackson Houses; a basic Canadian style of design that was built by Reuben Jackson...
In 2008 the ‘mancave’ craze was just getting to be a big thing as the price of electronics was getting...
After 83 years the Pontiac Auto Manufacturing section of General Motors, came to an end. This article tracked the Pontiac...
We are inveterate travellers. Accustomed to many travels not much fazes us these day. This pic taken in India shows how we blend in to the environment.
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