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No need to open highway corridors to development

York Region Council voted in favour of asking the province to allow employment areas along 400 series highways and permit the extension of Lake Ontario ...

Residents concerned about sales office

The following letter, to the mayor and council, was submitted to the Sentinel.My wife and I received a notice in the mail that a report ...

Council lauded for stance

Thank you for your very clear affirmation at the council meeting on Jan. 27 of the importance of King Township being “one King,” and having an operating budget for one King.

Watt’s books a must-read

It is with sadness that I learned of King’s own Gavin Watt’s possible retirement from the intensive process of writing his series on 18th century ...

Council vote is ‘ironic’

It’s ironic that King Township proudly proclaims that “King loves its trees,” yet by a vote of 6-1 council chose to not implement a proposed tree ...

More balanced tree bylaw is needed

I’ve read the debate regarding the proposed tree bylaw and recently attended the proposal of the same to King council. A number of concerns stand ...

Cancelling tree program shortsighted

I’m writing to express CCKT’s high level of concern with the provincial government's announcement of cancelling the Forest Ontario program of planting a total of 50-million trees in Ontario over several years.

Congratulations to council on new rec. centre

Despite the rant from a failed Ward 1 candidate in this paper on Feb. 21, the King City rec. centre at Seneca is a great ...

ASK lauds Sentinel coverage

Arts Society King (ASK) is fortunate to receive fantastic support and recognition from King’s local community newspaper, under Mark Pavilons’s leadership and editorial guidance. Over ...

Student overwhelmed by King support

The generosity of King residents continues to amaze me. I am really overwhelmed by the donations I received to help fund my volunteer mission to Guatemala later ...

King man offers virus defence to the world

A Schomberg man has developed a mask that will kill almost every virus, and he wants one in the hands of every Canadian. He’d even love to see one on the face of every person around the globe. Andre Milne, of Unicorn Aerospace, just released his prototype CuRVE mask, with patented respiratory virus elimination filtration. Tweaking commonplace parts, Milne has a product that can kill almost any virus, from Ebola to COVID.

King, York move into the red-control zone

A call by York’s medical officer of health saw Premier Doug Ford move the region into the red zone Monday. The premier announced Friday that the stay-at-home order for York has been lifted. The region has just started to transition to the colour-coded framework.

King man dies of COVID

Sadly, York Region Public Health is reporting one fatality due to COVID-19 in the Township of King. Staff offer condolences to the family and loved ...