Tag: Local News
Ontario funding nearly 2,900 new childcare spaces for London
Ontario will spend $62 million to add nearly 2,900 daycare spaces in London under the federal-provincial $10-a-day childcare program.
Bruce Power backing study exploring hydrogen production from electricity
Bruce Power is supporting a study that will explore the potential to produce hydrogen using electricity generated by nuclear power. The feasibility study by Kinectrics and FuelCell Energy was one of a number that the Independent Electricity System Operator announced on Thursday that it would fund through its Hydrogen Innovation Fund. The studies will all […]
Grey County will ask province to intervene in sale of Meaford track property
Grey County is pitching the province in an effort to turn the former Georgian Bay Community School track property in Meaford into affordable housing and green space. The 8.4-acre parcel of land at 87 Aiken Street in Meaford will soon be offered to the general public for sale, but the Municipality of Meaford and Grey […]
‘It’s a community’: Anti-poverty agency LifeSpin marks 30 years of advocacy, empowerment
Working part-time and going to university back in the 1980s, single mom Jacqueline Thompson didn’t have a lot of money to spare.
Funding to bolster mental health response in Owen Sound, West Grey
The West Grey and Owen Sound police services are receiving funding to enhance supports for mental health crisis response in those communities. On Tuesday, the Ontario government announced just over $113,000 in funding for the Owen Sound police and $93,000 for the West Grey police through the Mobile Crisis Response Team Enhancement Grant program. In […]