Before there was an approved COVID-19 vaccine available in Canada, the Ontario government said it had planned for an equitable and fair distribution scheme for vaccine delivery. As we enter the fifth month of vaccine […]
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 […]
Last week, local MPP Jim McDonell held a public pre-budget consultation in the riding. Unfortunately we are unable to report what that consultation looked like because the media were not allowed to attend. Reporters were […]
SDG – Work to prepare a rural education plan from SDG Counties to the province is taking place, but it became apparent at the November 16th monthly Counties Council meeting that not all municipalities are […]
The pandemic is already stressing out parents of school-aged children beyond what anyone imagined. If parents needed something more to be concerned about, we have something for you. How about bringing back the school closure […]
SDG – The Ontario government recently released this year’s Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund funding and in SDG Counties there are some clear winners and losers this year. The fund is the main grant of yearly […]
SDSG – A bill commemorating Scottish heritage in Ontario is likely to pass this fall. Tabled by Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry member of provincial parliament, Jim McDonell, the bill will recognize St. Andrew’s Day (November 30th) as […]
TORONTO – The Ontario government announced further details of a $4 billion municipal and transit funding program for municipalities that are facing shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The province announced the program for Ontario’s […]
MORRISBURG – Over $7 million in funding was announced for the St. Lawrence Parks Commission today (July 18th) at Upper Canada Village by Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture Industries Lisa MacLeod. The announcement, […]
SOUTH DUNDAS – A strike by the four public-sector teacher unions in Ontario will see more than two million students out of school on February 21st. The four unions – Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, […]
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