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March 13, 2020 Phillip Blancher
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March 13, 2020 Phillip Blancher

Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Long-Term Care talks with a Dundas Manor resident before the funding announcement was made. – Leader photo

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Ontario schools to be closed for two weeks following March Break

March 12, 2020 Phillip Blancher

TORONTO – The Ontario government, on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Ontario, has ordered all publicly-funded elementary and secondary schools in Ontario to be closed for the two weeks following March Break.nnThe […]

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Counties passes 2020 budget

March 12, 2020 Phillip Blancher

SDG – A modest tax increase and nearly $4 million in outside funding headline the now approved 2020 budget for Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry. The United Counties approved the budget at the February 18th county […]

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South Dundas launches Emily 911 Farm Entrance program

March 9, 2020 Phillip Blancher

SOUTH DUNDAS – Following implementation work by the United Counties, the Municipality of South Dundas has launched the Emily 911 Farm Entrance Program.nnThe program will provide agricultural landowners the ability to apply for a civic […]

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March 9, 2020 Phillip Blancher
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OPSBA calls for end of school closure moratorium

March 5, 2020 Phillip Blancher

SOUTH DUNDAS – The Ontario Public School Board Association has called for the Ontario government to lift the province’s moratorium on school closures.nnThe call to lift the school closure moratorium was one of several recommendations […]

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No elementary strikes for two weeks; OSSTF to strike Friday

February 27, 2020 Phillip Blancher

nnSOUTH DUNDAS – Schools across the province were shuttered February 21st as teachers took to the picket line in the largest teachers strike since 1997.nnOver 160,000 teachers represented by the four main teachers unions – […]

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February 27, 2020 Phillip Blancher
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Province-wide education strike February 21st

February 20, 2020 Phillip Blancher

nnSOUTH 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.nnThe four unions – Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, Ontario […]

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