Tag: province
Thames Valley board chair urges Queen’s Park to cough up $30M
Thames Valley District school board trustees are urging Queenâs Park to do what they say is the provinceâs responsibility â provide more funding to cover increases in employment insurance and CPP benefits for the board’s employees. Trustees approved the board’s 2024-25 budget last week. The board’s deficit was reduced to $7.6 million from the original […]
Thompson looking forward to new role as rural affairs minister
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson said she feels she has come full circle in her new role as the Ontario government’s minister of rural affairs. Thompson, who was named to the position when Premier Doug Ford announced a cabinet shuffle on June 6, said Thursday (June 27) that after graduating from the University of Guelph, her […]
Great Lakes Commission applauds progress to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp – Great Lakes Commission
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today applauded the states of Illinois and Michigan and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for signing a
Baranyai: Doug Ford’s PCs could use a math refresher
Recent decisions regarding The Beer Store contract and the Ontario Science Centre indicate the provincial government needs help with math
Hospital unions fear layoffs as LHSC deficit soars to $150M
Workers at LHSC have a message for the hospital as it copes with a deficit expected to nearly double to $150M by the spring of 2025.
Construction officially begins on new Rockwood Terrace in Durham
Nearly 10 years after Grey County began exploring redevelopment options, shovels hit the dirt Friday morning in Durham to officially kick off the new 128-bed Rockwood Terrace construction. Once completed, sometime in 2026 if all goes to plan, the new long-term care home and the county’s largest capital project to date will offer 28 additional […]
Volunteers are becoming harder to find for all rural organizations
Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies after young volunteers to keep fairs viable