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6 uw ° =z = Ss = ls | Thursday, August 26, 2021 | F UNNAMED PHOTO 2 CREDITS NO LONGER & ACCEPTABLE IN OUR 2 PAGES, WRITES STEVE LEBLANC STEVE LEBLANC Column It'sabout trust. Our rela- tionship with our readers is built on transparency, hon- esty and integrity. As such, launched a trust Initiative to: tell you who we and why we ‘oh we to This article is part of that project. urnalistic transpar- ency should apply to every- ace Metroland publica. tions did away with the once standard ‘submitted photo! credit for images re- ceived from non-profes- sional photographers. person or organiza- nameless photo credit sim- ply leaves the door open to potential problems for all concerned. Taking a firm stance in ceived a potential photo for publication, when this pol- icy is called into question. any presents — is necessary, as it falls under the umbrella ° of being forthright in all we 8 2 do. : A mandate of integrity PUTTING A FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY shoutdnt be conditional. ing faith in your lo- cal newspaper should mean being able to trust them about everything. And while there's rare exceptions, where —for ex- ample — tos we publish, as well as any other information that may be pertinent to the sto- id speaking of submit- ‘et a photos, while we al- ways prefer a pre-event in- vite for our award-winning photojournalist Graham . simply \ aaa cce he'll be able to get out to everything going on in our bustling Halton communities. TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT THEIFPCA SNAPSHOT Tony Fortunato photo An oriole visits a backyard in rural Georgetown. Do you have a great local photo you'd like to So submitted photos are | share? Send it to sleblanc@metroland.com, along with a brief description. certainly dove before taking an im- age you hope to send to the time in power has been ur local newspaper, viene keep things like spacing, apnting ¢ and the umber of pe in the photo teometines less is more) in mind. And props tend to en- hance many a photo. If ap- propriate, please include them. Remember, a little extra thought and effort can go a long way when sending us a photo you hope will grab your fellow readers’ atten- tion. Steve LeBlanc is news editor of Metroland's Hal- a community newspa- ‘s. We welcome your suestions and value your comments. Email our trust committee at trust@met- roland.com. )UROPINIONS SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT THEIFPR.CA WILL ELECTION AFFECT MY INVESTMENTS? STOCKS INFLUENCED BY MUCH MORE THAN WHO'S IN POWER, WRITES PETER WATSON PETER WATSON Column Investors have two ques- ions. Who will win the federal election and how will this affect {my investments? look at the Unit- ed Sates for some insight. The US. has close to a cen- tury of election/invest- ment data to consider. The stock market crash of 1929 started The Great Depression. Stock values declined and it took about a decade for them to regain their lost value. During that period, both political parties were in ower: In the early 1940s, the stock market started on the relatively steady upward rections, but when viewed in the context of eight de- cades, they seem relatively insignificant Since the 1920s, there has been a change of politi- cal parties occupying the ite House a total of 11 times. During those years shared by the Democrats and Republicans on a fairly caval b basis. uu might expect the sock market would p rm better when the re. Dimes Republicans were in power. Not so. Will a political party in- fluence business? Abso- lutely. 1 an endless number a of. hes variables, anadian market will be affected as a result of the election. It is a real- mance have not been relat- ed. Peter Watson, of Watson Investments MBA, CFP®, REP, CIM®, FCSI offers a weekly financial plan- ning column, Dollars Sense. He can be contacted through www.watsonin- vestments.com. ABOUT US This newspaper, published every Thursday, is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. The Metroland family of newspapers is comprised of more than 70 community publications across Ontario. This newspaper is a member of the National NewsMedia Council. 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