The lure of landing new jobs tied to Volkswagen’s $7-billion EV battery plant is driving a move by city councillors to seek the province’s help in fast-tracking a proposed industrial development south of Highway 401. City council’s planning and environment committee voted unanimously Wednesday for the city to request a minister’s zoning order (MZO) to […]
Three days of advance polling in Ontario’s Feb. 27 election open Thursday. Here’s all you need to know if you want to cast your ballot ahead of time. Jonathan Juha reports. THE BIG PICTURE With one week to go in Ontario’s snap election, its first mid-winter vote in 44 years and the first early election […]
(By Pauline Kerr) Feb. 14 has just passed, and some of us are still enjoying chocolate goodies and special treats from our sweethearts. To read the entire article online, click … Continue reading Honouring St. Valentine – poetry, chocolate and CPR
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(By Liz Small) Kincardine council needs more time to go over budget details. Due to the impending winter storm, the meeting was held virtually via Zoom on Feb. 12. To … Continue reading Final Kincardine budget yet to be determined
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(By Pauline Kerr) The Bruce County human services department presented two reports to county council on Feb. 6 regarding assistance to children. To read the entire article online, click here … Continue reading County’s human services department presents reports on assistance to children
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(By Liz Small) A local figure skater will soon be hitting the ice in Italy next month. Ripley figure skater Brooke Thomas has qualified to compete at the Special Olympics … Continue reading Local skater headed to Italy for World Winter Games
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Barriers to trading goods between provinces could be costing the wider London area as much as $1.4 billion in lost production a year, a national economist says.
Ontarians will be headed to the polls next week, and you’d be forgiven for not noticing. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, seeking a third straight majority mandate, triggered a snap election more than a year before the scheduled vote, plunging Ontario into a subdued campaign hampered by blizzard conditions and drowned out by U.S. President […]
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario. Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]