Author: Clean Technica
We asked: Should Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch step down?
On the streets of Woodstock, opinions varied whether Mayor Trevor Birtch should continue or step aside while his criminal charges are before the court. Birtch was charged last week with assault, sexual assault and sexual assault with choking. He isn’t taking part in meetings of the Woodstock police services board while an oversight body investigates, […]
Sims: Time to scrap testing rules, again, at Canada-U.S. border
I felt badly for those hard-working, fully vaccinated truckers lined up to get to the Blue Water Bridge after re-routing from the anti-government protests in Windsor. A transport traffic jam was backed up 10 kilometres at one point. By contrast, the cars-only lanes were practically empty. That’s not surprising since the federal government re-instated the […]
London city council briefs: Anti-Islamophobia plan, business pilot
News and notes from Tuesday night’s meeting at city hall: Plan to ‘disrupt Islamophobia’ endorsed A sweeping strategy to “disrupt Islamophobia” in London was endorsed unanimously on Tuesday night, prompting powerful comments from several city politicians. “I was born here . . . Still being treated as ‘other’ is just the weirdest thing,” Ward 6 […]
London’s proposed climate action plan exposes divide among councillors
An ambitious but necessary roadmap to take action on climate change, or an “aspirational” document that won’t be accepted by Londoners? City politicians are divided. A plan to back up London’s climate emergency declaration, nearly three years after it was proclaimed by city council, finally was debated by politicians Tuesday night. It exposed a gulf […]
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 9
Kudos to truckers Kudos to the truck drivers and all who participated in the convoy this past weekend. Prime Minster Justin Trudeau’s last mandate was the straw that broke the camel’s back and prompted them to ‘ignite the spirit of freedom in Canada.’ Tens of thousands of people from all parts of Canada cheered them […]