Tag: meaford
LiUNA Local 1059 breaks ground on new $12.7 million training facility in Walkerton
Five years ago, Brandon MacKinnon sat in his London-area office, staring at a map of central Ontario. “I remember looking at the four counties, and sticking my finger in the middle, and Walkerton was the place,” he recalled. “It was a natural fit.” On Wednesday, Hayman Construction began excavating a 4.3-acre parcel of land in […]
Fist bumps turn to fisticuffs in homecoming for Meaford’s Jake Murray
Why do so many good hockey players come from small towns? Think about it: Bobby Orr is from Parry Sound. Claude Giroux from Hearst. Wendel Clark from Kelvington, Saskatchewan. The Sutter Brothers from Viking, Alberta. Carey Price from Anahim Lake in British Columbia. Even internationally, there are hall-of-fame talents mined from tiny towns. Nicklas Lidstrom […]
Ontario is subsidizing an energy project in Georgian Bay despite expert advice
By Fatima Syed, The Narwhal
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan, Circle of Blue, Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS, Michigan Public and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
First Student school bus drivers in Grey-Bruce set strike deadline
The union representing First Student Canada school bus drivers in the Owen Sound and Kincardine areas are warning that its members could go on strike beginning next week (Nov. 10). Unifor, which represents close to 150 bus drivers in the two areas, said that its members could go on strike beginning on Nov. 10 if […]
Proposed conservation authority changes closely watched in Grey-Bruce
The Ontario government’s plans to make sweeping changes to the province’s conservation authority system has some concerned about the impacts in Grey-Bruce. On Friday, the province announced it would soon introduce legislation to create an Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency (OPCA) that will oversee a revamped system in which the province’s current makeup of 36 conservation […]