Tag: new
Ripley childcare centre seeking additional staff following reopening
YMCA Child Care – Ripley officially reopened on Sept. 4 following extensive renovations. “We are incredibly excited about our refreshed space and the opportunity to provide even more quality child care for our community,” said Cyndy Jefferson, director of child care at the YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce. “Our new environment is designed to […]
What you need to know about Ontario’s new rules for corner-store booze sales
In a first since prohibition started in 1916, licensed Ontario corner stores will legally be able to sell some alcoholic products from their shelves starting on Thursday.
Christine’s Clothes Closet pledges $15K to Wingham CT scanner campaign
Christine McGrath, owner of Christine’s Clothes Closet, and her team have pledged $15,000 to the Wingham & District Hospital Foundation’s Caring Together campaign to fund a new CT scanner for the hospital. McGrath has been operating the casual women’s fashion boutique since 1989 and is a longtime supporter of the hospital, including hosting annual spring and fall […]
A spectacular failure: The “Salt Combines” of Huron
Peter McEwan and Sam Platt’s discovery of salt in the Maitland River flats in May 1866 ignited a salt boom in Southwestern Ontario. A lot of southern Ontario was on the Michigan salt bed that stretched from Kincardine to Windsor and over to central Michigan. It was an extraordinary find of an inexhaustible mineral vital […]
Michigan advocates hail ‘groundbreaking’ settlement to civil rights complaint over hazardous waste facility | Great Lakes Now
By Brian Allnutt, Planet Detroit
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Michigan environmental advocates are hailing a “groundbreaking” settlement to a civil rights complaint filed with state regulators over the expansion of a hazardous waste facility in Detroit.