Tag: budget
Baranyai: Alberta going its own way on opioid crisis
Alberta continues to define a good chunk of its identity in mulish opposition to federal authority.
Two executives exit London hospital amid fight against looming $150M deficit
London Health Sciences Centre has begun slashing its top administration, long the subject of criticism as bloated and overstaffed, amid a looming $150-million budget deficit.
Ward councillor sounds alarm over safety on busy London road
Safety is the top priority for one London city councillor who wants to shrink the number of lanes on a major east-west road and create a better pedestrian environment.
What a peek into 150 Michigan bank accounts reveals about memory loss | Bridge Michigan
Defying a long-held taboo, Dr. Peter Lichtenberg asked older Michiganders to open their bank accounts to him. What he found were sobering links between early memory loss and everyday budget decisions….
Senator Gary Peters visits Soo Locks as new lock project continues – Great Lakes Commission
Michigan Senator Gary Peters visited Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, Saturday where he visited the Soo Locks’ current construction and discussed the $450 million project budget currently under review. View the […]
Politicians propose spending $3M to make tiny dent in looming tax hikes
Two city politicians want their colleagues to pull $3 million from municipal savings to slightly reduce the relatively large tax increases that will hit Londoners over the next three years.
Another local hospital president says recent new funding leaves ‘gap’
South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s president said she appreciates the Ontario government’s recently announced 4.5 per cent base funding increase to her budget. But like other local hospital administrators, she said it still leaves a budget gap created by inflation over the past few years. This year’s base funding for SBGHC increased by $1,808,100, […]
Summerfolk preparing to entertain Owen Sound
It’s two weeks until Summerfolk, the 49th annual music, arts and crafts outdoor festival on the west shore of Owen Sound. Organizers are arranging which performers will stay in which hotel rooms, the lanyards for volunteers are being printed and their assignments are going out, festival artistic director James Keelaghan said by phone Friday. There’s […]
New hospital funding ‘helpful’ but doesn’t cover inflation
Grey-Bruce hospital administrators welcomed $8.566 million in new permanent base funding but some said it’s not enough. The money will be distributed $5,962,500 to Brightshores Health System, $1,808,100 to South Bruce Grey Health Centre and $795,400 to Hanover & District Hospital. Brightshores will see permanent base funding go up by 3.1 per cent. It’s […]
A Decade After Crisis, Algal Blooms Persist | Great Lakes Now
On August 2, it will be 10 years since officials in Toledo alerted residents in the early morning hours not to drink, bathe in or otherwise come into contact with tap water from the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant. For nearly three days chaos reigned, as bottled water sold out that first day before dawn and disappeared from shelves in the region the next day.