Tag: budget
Demand growing among homeless, hungry, groups warn
Downtown Owen Sound’s soup kitchen will have served as many meals this year by Thursday as it served in all of 2023. “We have seen a drastic increase in the number of people that are coming for meals,” said Colleen Trask Seaman, the executive director at Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort, or OSHaRE, at […]
Swing state voters along the Great Lakes love cleaner water and beaches − and candidates from both parties have long fished for support there | Great Lakes Now
By Mike Shriberg, University of Michigan
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If history holds true to form, I expect the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to begin touting their support for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative as Election Day approaches.
Queen’s Park expands constable training program at Aylmer police college
A training program for new police recruits is expanding to help forces deal with staff shortages and recruitment challenges, Ontarioâs solicitor general says.
At city hall, ward boundary changes loom. So does political pushback
Changes to London’s city-level election boundaries will move to public consultation this month, even if politicians aren’t totally pleased with the options so far. During Tuesday’s meeting of city council’s strategic priorities and policy committee, politicians were presented with four preliminary options for new ward boundaries by consulting firm Watson and Associates Economists Ltd. A decision […]
Police chief briefs city councillors but budget questions off-limits
London’s police chief called for patience from the public and was asked by one city councillor what police will do to make people feel safer downtown and in Old East Village when he spoke Tuesday at city hall. Chief Thai Truong gave a presentation to city councillors at a meeting of council’s strategic priorities and […]
City eyes boosting fees over next three years at pools, arenas, golf courses
Londoners will have to dig deeper into their pocketbooks in the new year to use city facilities, especially when it comes to Centennial Hall, if city councillors approve a raft of proposed increases. A public meeting will be held Tuesday to discuss the planned increases to user fees at facilities the city maintains, the bulk […]
Humane Society boss updates $21M facility’s progress at fundraising event
The Humane Society London and Middlesex is eyeing an early 2025 move-in date at its new facility, a $21-million build that is on budget and on schedule. Construction crews are busy outfitting the interior of the Humane Societyâs Old Oak Animal Campus at 1414 Dundas St., just east of the Dundas and Highbury Avenue intersection. […]
Thames Valley board pauses plan to cut 36 elementary classes: ‘Huge problem’
Thames Valley school board has paused plans to shutter 36 classrooms after miscalculating enrolment, its elementary teachers union says.
1,300-worker auto plant looks to buy, privatize road amid plans for growth
An Oxford County auto parts maker is a step closer to acquiring a public road separating its buildings that would ease operations and unlock potential future growth. Woodstock city council voted Thursday to receive a report that proposes Vuteq â which makes interior and exterior plastic parts for four different automakers â purchase a portion […]
Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects, Even as Federal Aid Hits Historic Highs | Great Lakes Now
By Kristoffer Tigue, Inside Climate News
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MINNEAPOLIS—A record amount of federal aid will soon flow to states to help fix, replace or demolish their aging dams, many of which are under increasing pressure as climate change fuels more frequent and severe extreme weather events.