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Just 2 days to the The Matthew House Makeover Reveal The Reveal is to be aired on the W Network Thu, Apr 01, 2010 - 10:00 PM E/P Uxbridge, Ontario - Moving to Uxbridge? # 3 in a series of Posts A Community With A Heart In addition to many local support groups and orginizations Uxbridge residents ...

You And Your Property Tax Bill -Elected Officials VS Apointed Officials What is wrong with this picture Uxbridge residents, or their counterparts in the other areas of Durham Region get to elect all but one of the people who sit on their Local and Regional Council. Currently The Regional Chair is...

You And Your Property Tax Bill - Wetlands In her Post Uxbridge - It's Official - Spring Has Really Sprung Kathy speaks of the spring time danger of our flooded streams and rivers. Every year we watch the levels in our back yard rise at least a couple of feet. Our worst year saw the water rise ove...

You And Your Property Tax Bill - The Illusion and The Reality       For many the process of appealing your property assessment is as convoluted as this picture. Many people think that they are appealing their property tax bill when they arrive at an appeal. They do not realize that it is in fact ...

  Water levels in streams and rivers running through Georgina on their way to Lake Simcoe are continuing to rise as the snow melts and with the continuing light showers.   Uxbridge - It's Official - Spring like weather has arrived The weather man on the radio declared winter officially over today...

Real Estate and The Competition Bureau   Is the Competition Bureau barking up the wrong tree?   There are those that feel the drive behind the Competition Bureau's efforts is to broaden the access to realtor.ca which allows the public to view property listings right across Canada. While it does n...

Muskoka  - Road Trips - Spring Is On The Horizon What a gorgeous sunny day!! To celebrate the anticipation of spring we took a break from our busy world and headed up to our country getaway to see if the heavy winter snow had done any Damage. Three of our grandsons along with mom and dad joined u...

We seldom find any humour in doing our tax returns but there are many little humourous anecdotes about taxes. Here are a few Kathy collected to help get you through this years returns with a smile on your face.What's So Funny About Taxes? Tax time is upon us already! I don't know about you, but I...

You And Your Property Tax Bill - Help For Your Appeal For those who are unhappy with their Property Assessment and are looking for some help here is some information on how some companies charge for the appeal process. The information Below is posted here for informational purposes only. This is ...

A Very Timely Reminder    Uxbridge - Property Assessment - Request for Reconsideration Deadline. Recently you received your 2010 interim tax bill. This reminded you that you felt your taxes were to high compared to some of your neighbours who own similar homes. So what do you do about it? The fir...