The Ontario government delivered its second budget of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the third of Premier Doug Ford’s term of office. The budget is a spending smorgasbord. It is an attempt to address the needs […]
This week’s headlines in The Leader include: Budget talks end at 1.24 per cent rate increase; COVID-19 variants arrive in region; Grants and donations trimmed; Face masks win South Dundas a national marketing award; Outdoor […]
It is budget season for governments of all levels and while we have seen closed-door consultations at the upper levels of government, municipal councils have been debating local budgets publicly. During the recent SDG Counties […]
This week’s headlines in The Leader include: Lining up a tax rate increase of 2 per cent or less; COVID-19 numbers continue to decrease; Minimal changes to $69.6M SDG budget; Newest South Dundas snowplow ditched, […]
SDG – While the relationship between the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, and the City of Cornwall has improved during the current term of council, members of Counties Council would like to see […]
MORRISBURG – South Dundas council wrapped up budget deliberations January 10th settling on what will amount to about a five per cent tax increase for an average residential assessment. During Friday’s deliberations the biggest cuts […]
SOUTH DUNDAS – December 19 and 20th South Dundas council was deliberating a $7.5 million draft budget. This is the earliest the Municipality of South Dundas has ever held budget deliberations, which is something council […]
MORRISBURG – Local MPPs Steve Clark (Leeds-Grenville) and Jim McDonell (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) have called out the Upper Canada District School Board for its recent budget cuts. The MPPs have called for the school board to […]
The Upper Canada District School Board passed a balanced budget at its June 19th meeting which cut over 160 full time positions, more than 130 of which directly impact front line services to students. Those […]
BROCKVILLE – Trustees of the Upper Canada District School Board received another update from their business consultant Robert Richard now that the province has released its final calculations on how boards will be funded for […]
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