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Art Chamberlain
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Journalist, runner, cross country skier, curler. Mostly retired but now doing local news at Trenthillsnews.com
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Home sales slide in Trent Hills, but prices remain stable
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Home sales slide
Sales dropped 32% from 2024 in November, but median price was up 7%
www.trenthillsnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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rmac.bsky.social
Mackenzie Scott's blog post on her $7.2 billion in annual giving is worth reading in full.

Her observations are even more stark when you consider her ex, who doesn't seem to have the same appetite to give or even fund the newsroom he owns: yieldgiving.com/essays/we-ar...
Yield Giving
Established by MacKenzie Scott to share a financial fortune created through the effort of countless people, Yield is named after a belief in adding value…
yieldgiving.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Provincial delay in sending out invoices for OPP services forces late discussion of 2026 Trent Hills budget.

www.trenthillsnews.com/p/tax-hike-d...
Tax hike details delayed
Trent Hills to post draft 2026 budget later this week
www.trenthillsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Trent Hills to install video cameras in bid to protect staff from angry, abusive residents.
www.trenthillsnews.com/p/keep-it-ci...
Keep it civil
Growing number of people are loud and aggressive to municipal staff
www.trenthillsnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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devinheroux.bsky.social
Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment.

She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.

About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.

My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Colleen Jones was something wonderful to happen for anyone who knew her | CBC Sports
Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Some Trent Hills councillors fear conservation changes will cause mayhem, others say seize the opportunity.
www.trenthillsnews.com/p/mayhem-or-...
Mayhem or opportunity?
Council discusses impact of province's changes to conservation authorities
www.trenthillsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Great advice by @gmbutts.bsky.social in this Toronto Star column. Let's hope Ottawa is listening.

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Northumberland County plans $6.4 million in roadwork in Trent Hills next year as it repairs bridges and roads.
www.trenthillsnews.com/p/detours-de...
Detours, delays and repairs
County plans to spend $6.4 million in 2026 fixing roads, bridges in Trent Hills
www.trenthillsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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thestar.com
#StarExclusive: Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
Groups with the worst-ranked applications seeking money from Premier Doug Ford's $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund got, on average, the biggest payouts, according to a Star analysis.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Northumberland County council decides it can’t afford a planned bridge in Campbellford. But there are no signs of provincial or federal aid.

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'We would bankrupt the county'
Councillors insist federal and provincial grants needed to pay $56 million cost of Campbellford bridge
www.trenthillsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Possibly the dumbest thing he does, but there is a lot of competition .
swingingbunt.bsky.social Jerome Persaud @swingingbunt.bsky.social · Nov 6
Doug Ford cancelled green energy projects as one of his first actions. Now he’s subsidizing hydro rebates to the tune of $8 BILLION. Our money.
marklemley.bsky.social Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · Nov 6
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

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November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Ford whacks conservation authorities.
www.trenthillsnews.com/p/developers...
Developers 1, Conservers 0
Ford whacks conservation groups. Local authorities to disappear under plan to speed development permits
www.trenthillsnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Rising water treatment costs, rising debts and more from Trent Hills council.
www.trenthillsnews.com/p/3-million-...
$3 million for Hastings water treatment
New UV system needed to treat wastewater sent into Trent River
www.trenthillsnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Northumberland County finally approves a warming centre -- in the council chambers. www.trenthillsnews.com/p/warming-ce...
Warming centre finally approved
Homeless will spend cold nights sleeping in county council chamber
www.trenthillsnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Rising OPP costs will hit local property taxes.
www.trenthillsnews.com/p/opp-costs-...
OPP costs jump again
Your property taxes in 2026 will be hit by rising police salaries
www.trenthillsnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Northumberland County has been unable to reach an agreement on where to operate a warming hub for the homeless this winter.
www.trenthillsnews.com/p/county-und...
County undecided on homeless hub
Decision on location of warming centre delayed following closed meeting
www.trenthillsnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Labour Minister David Piccini's office ran into trouble handing out millions in grants because it ignored ministry ratings and favoured projects it thought were more aligned with the Ford government's politics.
www.trenthillsnews.com/p/piccinis-m...
Piccini’s money woes
Minister’s office criticized for handing out millions in grants
www.trenthillsnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Trent Hills woman and other activists held by Israel are free and heading home.
www.trenthillsnews.com/p/sadies-hea...
Sadie's heading home
Great Thanksgiving news for her family in Hastings
www.trenthillsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Village of Hastings faces growth pressures that residents fear will remove its charm.
www.trenthillsnews.com/p/high-rises...
High rises for Hastings?
Developer proposes 6-storey condominiums but faces pushback from residents and councillors
www.trenthillsnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Ontario woman taken from Freedom Flotilla is now in Israeli custody.
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Local woman in Israeli custody
Sadie Mees taken off aid flotilla ship, mother asks for public support
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Everyone should write their mayor and councillor across Ontario. they need to hear from you. They are often just windsocks and a few constituents making noise will get their attention

The speeders have their attention currently.

Take a few minutes and look up who yours are.
mhostetter.bsky.social Megan @mhostetter.bsky.social · Oct 3
I can't find a statement from my mayor so I have written to him. Hope he signs on.
October 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Ford kills photo radar which is the most effective way to slow vehicles. Being pro speeding means being pro death and injuries. www.trenthillsnews.com/p/strong-vie...
Strong views on speeding
Signs have little impact and cameras may soon be gone
www.trenthillsnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Doug Ford is telling you to break the law, in case it's not clear.

Four wheels good, two wheels bad.

He's a disgrace.
September 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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NEW: Premier Doug Ford is set to ban the speed cameras that he has denounced as a municipal "cash grab," the ⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩ has learned. Ford’s ⁦‪@OntarioPCParty‬⁩ will table legislation this fall.
#onpoli
#topoli

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford will outlaw municipal speed cameras this fall: Sources
Sources say Ford's Progressive Conservatives will table legislation later this fall to outlaw the "automated speed enforcement" devices.
www.thestar.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM