Municipal politics at AMO
The annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference took place in Ottawa last week, with representatives of all 444 Ontario municipalities meeting together...
Indigenous Peoples celebrated
August 9 was marked around the world as the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. On 23 December 1994, the United Nations General...
House of Lazarus receives award
Food Banks Canada CEO Chris Hatch presented the House of Lazarus with the 2019 Award for Food Banking—Small Food Bank during the organization’s annual...
Funding to improve internet access and cell phone reception
Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes MPP, and Minister for Municipal Affairs and Housing, Steve Clark and Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure Monte McNaughton have announced...
Gord Brown’s legacy for Thalidomide survivors
Thalidomide survivors are optimistic about the new compensation package quietly announced by the federal government last week. “This is exactly what our late MP...
United Counties respond to provincial plans for ambulance service
Leeds Grenville CAO, Andy Brown, and the Paramedic Service Chief, Chris Lloyd, received a communication from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) on...