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With an eye to Norwich, Woodstock reviews flag rules and embraces Pride
WOODSTOCK – Politicians here have overhauled the municipal government policy on raising flags. But it’s not what you think.
Government announces $250K for new electrical training equipment at Georgian
In an effort to help tackle local and provincial labour shortages, the provincial government is funding nearly $250,000 to help support upgrades to electrical training equipment at Georgian College in Owen Sound. The Ontario government announced it is investing $245,000 to enhance electrician apprenticeship training at Georgian College aimed at helping more people in Bruce-Grey-Owen […]
Monte McNaughton, region’s top-ranking MPP, quits amid Queen’s Park tumult
Monte McNaughton, Ontario’s labour minister and longtime Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP, is leaving politics. “After much soul searching over the summer months, I have accepted a job in the private sector,” McNaugton said in a statement Friday morning. He will leave cabinet immediately and will resign his seat “in the days ahead,” McNaughton said. McNaughton’s departure is […]
Monte McNaughton, region’s top-ranking MPP, quits amid Queen’s Park tumult
Monte McNaughton, Ontario’s labour minister and longtime Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP, is leaving politics. “After much soul searching over the summer months, I have accepted a job in the private sector,” McNaugton said in a statement Friday morning. He will leave cabinet immediately and will resign his seat “in the days ahead,” McNaughton said. McNaughton’s departure is […]
For Brescia students, tears, shock and sadness at ‘end of an era’
It’s the end of an era at Brescia University College. Thursday, officials announced a full integration of the women’s university into Western University by spring, with the facilities to become focused on “underrepresented” students and those who need support upon arrival on campus. Our Beatrice Balleiro asked Brescia students what they thought: Third-year Mary Somerville, 19, […]