Tag: government
Home building takes off in London, more than doubling 2023 pace
Home construction in London has more than doubled in 2024 over one year prior with builders are breaking ground to meet demand, newly released city hall figures show. The city issued permits this year to the end of June for 1,565 new homes, more than double the total of 601 for the first six months […]
Expansion finally begins at booming Woodstock centre for older adults
In the works for nearly a decade, a Woodstock recreational centre for older adults is finally breaking ground on a $9-million expansion to accommodate its burgeoning membership
FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods | Great Lakes Now
By Jake Bittle, Grist
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When the Federal Emergency Management Agency spends millions of dollars to help rebuild schools and hospitals after a hurricane, it tries to make the community more resilient than it was before the storm.
Denmark moves to tax farmers on livestock greenhouse gas production
Danish government officials and Danish livestock farmers have reached agreement, judging by widespread reports, on details of a proposed tax on methane emissions from that nation’s ruminants. Beginning in 2030, Danish farmers are to pay a tax of 300 kroner ($59.38 CAD) per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent, rising by 2035 to 750 kroner ($148.46), […]
2 Wisconsin tribes defend EPA rule on tribal water rights – Great Lakes Commission
Two Wisconsin tribes are defending a new rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency that requires states to consider tribal treaty rights when setting water quality standards. The rule aims […]
Tribes and conservationists fight for the future spearfishing as climate change threatens lakes – Great Lakes Commission
Members of the Ojibwe and other Indigenous Nations in the northern Great Lakes region have spearfished walleye for centuries, but the threat of climate change to the habitat for this […]
Mental health, addictions agency sounds ‘alarm’ over first-ever budget shortfall
A publicly funded agency that offers mental health and addiction services in the London region has posted its first ever deficit, prompting officials to “raise the alarm” about a lack of funding
Oxford County eyes adding 20 transitional housing beds
Oxford County Human Services recommends council authorize $1.71 million for more transitional housing projects in a push to tackle homelessness