Category Archives: .PICKERING


  • PICKERING: City highlights local benefits of casino partnership
  • PICKERING: Councillor Lisa Robinson speaks out against Bill 5
  • PICKERING: Party in the Park – presented by the Rougemount Community and Recreation Association
  • EDITORIAL: G7 KANANASKIS – Carney’s invitation is too open, too broad
  • COMMUNITY NEWS: FBNA neighbourhood association – marvellous breaksfast
  • PICKERING: WK June 16
  • PICKERING: RIBFEST June 13,14,15
  • PICKERING: Lawyers really make one wonder sometimes
  • PICKERING: World Environment Day at Pickering Community Centre
  • PICKERING COUNCILLOR update 6 6 25: turns down title of deputy chief of KL First Nations
  • ONTARIO: Free at last…now don’t go selling it off !
  • CP24 NEWS: Update regarding the murder on May 29.
  • PICKERING: Another attack begins on Northeast Pickering Lands
  • Civic Award Winners
  • PICKERING: Schmooze, Acknowledge and Appreciate
  • PICKERING: Traffic rerouting
  • PICKERING: WEST SHORE COMMUNITY Yard Sale & BBQ, June 14, 9:00-1:00pm
  • TOWN HALL REPORT: Surviving the Tariffs (5-6-25)
  • PICKERING: You have to see this “Pickering in 10 years”
  • PICKERING: NUCLEAR PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL
  • PICKERING: PICKERING FORWARD PLANNING REVIEW SESSION Information
  • Ward boundaries up for review in Ontario city
  • Comment & Opinion: We need more neighbourhood associations like the Fairport Neighbourhood Association
  • Your batteries are toxic – dispose of them in the special garbage collection
  • PICKERING: Councillor Brenner publishes excellent newsletter
  • PICKERING: City celebrates 25th anniversary with new banners
  • PICKERING: Land Development, TACC Developers, commentariesat City Hall, maybe? ?
  • MAYOR ASHE’S Desk: March summary and commentary
  • Councillor Lisa Robinson: March Council highlights
  • TOWN HALL REPORT, Mar. 19
  • Mayor Ashe’s statement on the Results of the 2025 Federal Liberal Leadership Race
  • PICKERING: Mr. Mayor, here’s a recommendation for your TOWN HALL, Mar 19
  • PICKERING: An invitation from the Mayor to everyone in Pickering.
  • PICKERING: Stop letting the tail wag the dog !
  • Jennifer O’Connell will not seek re-election
  • Councillor Brenner MARCH Newsletter – SHORTENED version
  • PICKERING: Open house CHANGE for Community Climate Adaptation Plan
  • PICKERING: OFFICIAL PLAN for “PICKERING OF TOMORROW”
  • PICKERING OF TOMORROW
  • PICKERING: Does anyone know the meaning of ‘simple’ or ‘concise?’
  • PICKERING: What do you know about Pickering’s MASTER PLAN FOR THE FUTURE?
  • ‘PICKERING FORWARD’
  • Attending a discussion meeting – “PICKERING OF TOMORROW”
  • PICKERING: MAYOR ASHE’s Newsletter recap
  • Stick it to T**** – Buy CANADIAN
  • Mayor Levee: A smashing success
  • PICKERING: Mayor’s TOWN HALL…first impressions…not worthy of high praise
  • PICKERING: Council Meeting, Jan 27, 2025
  • PICKERING: WARD 2 Winter Newsletter update
  • PICKERING: Mayor Ashe January recap
  • TOWN HALL: Details
  • DURHAM: Warming centres sponsored by Metrolinx in the Durham
  • PICKERING: City website, $1 million questionably spent
  • PETITION to protect Pickering waterfront
  • PICKERING: Q&A session with Fire Chief Stephen Boyd
  • PICKERING: ANTIRADIATION KI TABLETS
  • Pickering: Pickleball courts coming!
  • PDNews supporters on Council
  • PICKERING: Celebrates 25 Years as a City: A Journey of Celebration, Reflection, and Community
  • PICKERING: City website gets refreshed improved look
  • PICKERING: A followup on criticisms made about CAO Marisa CARPINO
  • A message from the FBNA President
  • PICKERING: A heated debate about Ward boundary changes is inevitable
  • PICKERING: Councillor Robinson’s in the dog house again…gets another 90 day suspension without pay
  • PICKERING: Mayor Ashe’s Statement on Municipal Accountability Act, 2024
  • Marisa Carpino, Chief Administrative Officer of the Year,
  • PICKERING: OK, so it’s not in Pickering yet, but Vaughn is next door
  • PICKERING: A very special Christmas Dinner and Celebration
  • Ward 1 TOWN HALL
  • PICKERING: Prepare yourself….Whitby property taxes increase…Pickering’s next???
  • PICKERING: SEPT Expense Reports – Mayor and Councillors
  • PICKERING: 55+ ACTIVE LIVING FAIR, a smashing success
  • PICKERING: Are you joking?
  • PICKERING: High Speed Train station not happening in Pickering
  • PICKERING: ***addendum added*** Amazing, getting away with criminal misconduct if you’re in ‘high places?’
  • PICKERING: FALL FLING..great weather, great crowds, smashing success…kudos to Councillors Nagy and Brenner
  • PICKERING: Pickering remembers Canada’s fallen veterans
  • PICKERING: CRIMSON ART DISPLAY unveiling
  • REMEMBRANCE DAY: ***DONATE***
  • REMEMBRANCE DAY: Create your own DIGITAL POPPY
  • PICKERING: Interstaff communication, typical personability of City of Pickering
  • PICKERING: Crimson Inflorescence by Linfeng Zhou
  • Pickering “ZONING By-law” change proposal
  • PICKERING PUBLIC LIBRARY: CEO Jackie Flowers heard us and listened….
  • JUNIOR’S WAS A GUEST ON STEPHEN COLBERT LATE SHOW, TONIGHT, MON 23RD
  • PICKERING: Public Information Centre – Pickering’s Official Plan Review: Pickering Forward
  • PICKERING: Ward 1 TOWN HALL, Sept 18, 6:30p
  • PICKERING: Farmers Market…every TUESDAY if the sun shines
  • PICKERING: ACTIVITY GUIDE – FALL/WINTER PRGMS
  • 55+: Games Day event – a two thumbs up event
  • PICKERING: updated 9 4 24 – Councillor Lisa Robinson Special Council Highlights Report; with site visitor responses
  • PICKERING: SNOW CLEARING ASSISTANCE
  • PICKERING LIBRARY: Cobwebs on the shelves, service moribund and aging?
  • PICKERING: Councillor Brenner SEPT eNEWSLETTER
  • PICKERING (updated 8-31-24): Regarding exorbitant cost and accessibility of Beachfront Park parking lot resurfacing
  • PICKERING: Pickering benefits from OLG gaming revenues
  • PICKERING: Councillors Brenner, Butt and Nagy celebrate Casino donation to City of PICKERING
  • FERMO’s Desk: Mastering the BARKSIDE ( dog training session – George Ashe Library )
  • PICKERING: Special Council meeting, Aug 28, 3:15p – LIVE STREAMED
  • PICKERING: CLOSURE OF CHANGE ROOMS
  • MY WEBSITE: A personal message about my website, Doc Szpinner
  • PICKERING: AMICA PICKERING hosts an awesome Caribbean festivity
  • PICKERING: Poetry in Esplanade Park, Aug 15
  • POLITICS: HATE MONGERING thrives in Pickering? Robinson vs Council: where do you stand? (updated 8 8 24)
  • PICKERING: Councillor Robinson Press Release, UNEDITED and UNREVISED
  • PICKERING: Councillor Robinson’s press release regarding comments made by Mayor Ashe
  • PICKERING COUNCIL: City should offer citizens better eye glasses to read COUNCILLOR EXPENSE REPORTS
  • POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Politicians eschewing residency in the riding they represent…hypocrisy?
  • HELP: Please help fellow Canadians
  • PICKERING COUNCIL: Councillor expenditures
  • EDITORIAL: “Questionable spending?” asks Councillor Lisa Robinson
  • PICKERING: Pickering to get new recreation facility at cost of $65 MILLION
  • MAYOR Kevin ASHE – TOWN HALL REPORT
  • PICKERING: celebrates reopening of revitalized Waterfront Trail
  • PICKERING: Durham METROLINKS INFORMATIONAL POPUP
  • PICKERING: locations for making your FOOD BANK DONATIONS
  • PICKERING: Weather alert, July 17, 2024
  • PICKERING: Farmer’s Market cancelled, July 16, due to deluge of rain
  • TOWN HALL Report: Durham Health explains TICKS, WEST NILE VIRUS and LYME DISEASE
  • FOOD BANK: Donations needed
  • PICKERING: A question for the Mayor and Councillors regarding HATE
  • FINANCE: You could be receiving a cheque for nearly $700 from the federal government