Year: 2023
Road work leads to sinkhole discovery
nnIROQUOIS – An unplanned repair to a major culvert on County Road 2 near Iroquois, led to the discovery of a potentially dangerous issue – a sinkhole.nnSDG Counties crews replaced a culvert near the Two […]
MPP Steve Clark resigns from cabinet
nnTORONTO – Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark resigned from cabinet Monday morning (September 4.)nnClark, who has served as Minister in that portfolio since June 2018, has been under fire after two […]
Wanderings – Addressing Canada’s other, other housing issue
Canada has a housing issue. No, not a supply or affordability issue. Nor is it the lack of people in the construction trades. Our latest, but not latest, housing problem is 24 Sussex Drive, also […]
Friday Wrap #30 – It’s just a number
I thought about titling this Friday Wrap “30”, but then I thought better of it. Those with journalism backgrounds know that -30- at the end of a press release means the end of the press […]
School bus shut down averted
JOHNSTOWN – School buses will be running next week. Eleventh hour negotiations between school transportation consortium Student Transportation of Eastern Ontario, and the Eastern Ontario Bus Operators Association resulted in a tentative agreement Monday afternoon […]
SDG Rural Education Committee appointed
CORNWALL – The latest iteration of the SDG Counties Rural Education Committee now has members and expects to meet in September.nnSDG Counties council made the appointments at its August 28 council meeting. The seven-member committee […]
SDG Counties to hire eight full-time staff
CORNWALL – In an effort to retain seasonal winter staff, and complete summer projects, SDG Counties council approved a plan to add eight full-time staff to the Transportation Department.nnThe plan brought forth by Transportation Director […]
