Tag: building
Beavercrest school in Markdale will be bigger than originally approved
Construction of a new larger Beavercrest Community School in Markdale for 374 students is well underway and is targeted to open in December, the Bluewater District School Board says. Recently, the province announced additional funding and two more classrooms for the junior kindergarten to Grade 8 school, which has been under construction since July 2023. […]
Concerned citizens are advocating against the construction of wind turbines in Lake Erie – Great Lakes Commission
Government officials along with Citizens Against Wind Turbines in Lake Erie (CATWILE) are holding a rally to oppose wind turbines in the Great Lakes in Irving, New York. CATWILE is […]
Wiarton gearing up for first annual Homecoming Weekend
A new event is planned for Wiarton on the Civic Holiday weekend this year. The first annual Wiarton Homecoming Weekend will take over the South Bruce Peninsula town, building on the annual Wiarton Rotary Village Rotary Fair, which was discontinued in 2023 after more than 82 years. Joe Vanderzand of the organizing committee said Tuesday […]
Council briefs: levy increase looms with $48.4 million in unfunded city projects
— During a bi-annual review of the city’s multi-year capital plan, councillor Carol Merton wondered when the city will face the reality that an annual one per cent levy increase directed to capital reserves in the face of $48.4 million in unfunded projects is severely lacking. “One per cent isn’t cutting it. It’s not even […]
‘Cash-for-keys’ offers fueling renoviction fears in London complex
Worried and stressed, some residents of a west London rental complex say they’re feeling pressured by a new owner to leave their affordable units and fear they’ll become the city’s latest renoviction victims. But the new owner of the properties at 145 Base Line Rd. W., a complex made up of five triplexes, insists thatâs […]