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The Taxpayer picks up the tab.   ONE BILLION DOLLARS And Counting   The G8/G20 Legacy The Huntsville area is basking in the sunshine of the legacy left by the G8 while Toronto Digs out from the results. Huntsville - the fences are comming down and all is returning to normal just in time for Canad...

Take Time This Weekend To Smell The Flowers. Walk in the footsteps of one of Canada's well know Author's Walk the trails she walked while living in LeaskdaleUxbridge, Ontario -  Enjoy the drive along a country road  lined with daisies and buttercups as you participate in The Lucy Maud Montgomery ...

New Home Or Resale - Will the HST have an impact on your decision? 1/ to buy 2/ which to buy  - new or resale homeWill You Be Affected By The New Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) In Ontario?  Have you noticed the uptick in adds around the new HST? As July 1st approaches I've noticed an increase in adds...

  Just another example of how Canadians are being courtesy     BC HST-HARMONIZED SALES TAX: PURCHASERS of NEW HOUSING IN BC. July 1, 2010 The NEW HST Harmonized Sales Tax for Purchasers of New Housing in BC  kicks in and all New Housing in BC is Subject to a NEW 12% HST Tax when purchasing a New ...

Liberals Are Determined To Get Their Pound Of Flesh With New HST The harmonization of the PST and the GST here in Ontario will see you pay to stay healthy or pay Additional Taxes On Funeral Service. In an article "New Tax Not Healty For Uxbridge" by Jeff Hayward, in the Uxbridge Times Journal la...

A recent add in a local paper reminded me that Canadians Are Taxed To Death I am reminded of a mock coffin that appeared here in Uxbridge some years ago, standing on end with Taxed to Death written on the face of it. It's not enough we are taxed on our income, taxed on our property, taxed on our ...

This weekend in Uxbridge >>> Check out the 41st Annual Tour of HomesUxbridge, Ontario - Events - Annual Spring Tour Of Homes It`s time once aging to gather some friends for a day trip to Uxbridge to take in the Annual Tour of Homes presented by the TRINITY UNITED CHURCH WOMEN, UXBRIDGE The doors ...

This weekend in Uxbridge >>> Check out The York Durham Heritage Railway train and wagon rides , Season starts this Sunday Uxbridge Ontario - The York Durham Heritage Railway - 2010 Season Begins Operated by a dedicated group of volunteers "The Heritage Train" that runs between Uxbridge and Stouff...

One of an ongoing Friday evening series here in UxbridgeUxbridge, Ontario - Fridays At The Foster  7:30 P.M Guitarist David Barrett As well as many collaborations, David has a series of self produced solo guitar albums and is also a member of the coaching faculty with League Of Rock (a Toronto ba...

Kathy's post on this new tax grab received a comment on the benefits to some of the new HST "Every manufacturer I know is very pleased with the HST.  I also know some real estate brokers, including myself, who are pleased with certain aspects of the HST since it reduces their cost base on busines...