Tag Archives: athletic complex

Paved “nature” trails, a golf clubhouse & other burning priorities …

Posted on April 24, 2017 by admin

Whether it’s the Grand River Trail Project … (which is going cap in hand to the Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Ontario government.  You may be familiar with the latter.  It takes increasingly more of your cash and … Continue reading →

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Brantford’s athletic complex mania, part 2

Posted on August 6, 2016 by admin

We have two more athletic complexes to add to the list we started last summer: Athletic complex #4:  $3.2 Million Bison’s Alumni Field (under construction beside North Park Collegiate) Breakdown: City: ? Add-ons: $362K Capital fundraising (non-government sources): ? At … Continue reading →

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Brantford’s athletic complex mania

Posted on July 31, 2015 by admin

Mr. Twain was right:  “Truth is stranger than fiction.”  It boggles the mind that the municipality of Brantford, the Ontario government and the Canadian government have no scruples over the apparent inexhaustible use of the taxpayer’s dollar to fund the … Continue reading →

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Brantford’s “Education Avalanche?” If Former Mohawk College Elgin St. Campus is Integral Part of Mix

Posted on July 3, 2013 by admin

Focus on Brant reports on an “education avalanche” in Brantford, Ontario. How is this so when Brantford is loosing Mohawk College’s self-contained campus precinct on Elgin Street?  A campus that helped to meet the growing need for trade skills training.  … Continue reading →

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