By Kenyon Wallace Simcoe County is taking a proactive approach to low-income and medium-income residents who want to buy a house. County council has decided to provide up to 10 per cent of the purchase price to prospec ...
Daily Archives: October 19, 2012
The week – for better or worse
It’s been a good week for * Dalton McGuinty, who received numerous plaudits for his achievements after he announced that he was stepping down after nine years as Premier and proroguing the legislature indefinitely * On ...
People on the move
* Larry Brassard took over this week as director of Fire and Emergency Services and fire chief for the Town of Gravenhurst. His appointment was announced last week, a day after Lorne McNeice announced his retirement afte ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * New Democratic MPP Cindy Forster announced Friday that the Ontario New Democrats are launching a grassroots protest campaign called MPPs Back to Work that will atte ...
Hamilton rethinks free wi-fi
By Kenyon Wallace The City of Hamilton is re-evaluating its free wireless Internet service in the downtown area at a time when many municipalities are looking to expand their wi-fi coverage. Hamilton began offering the ...