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Funding for First Nations schools announced Tuesday includes over $9.6 million for renovations at Dennis Franklin Cromarty high school. (File photo) Schools serving First Nations students in Ontario, including two located in Thunder Bay, will see significant upgrades after a funding commitment from the provincial and federal governments Tuesday. Over $37 million in Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) dollars, funded 80/20 by the federal and provincial governments, will support sch...

Article content Kingston Transit adds two new electric buses to its fleet on Thursday, July 29, 2021, after an official unveiling and ride with Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson, Kingston and the Islands MP Mark Gerretsen and Caroline Mulroney, Ontario Minister of Transportation, at King Street East and Maitland Street. Photo by Julia McKay /Julia McKay/The Whig-Standard We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Kingston Transit adds two electric buses to fle...

A rendering of the Cap-Pelé Intergenerational Community Centre (Image via The Village of Cap-Pelé) Residents of Cap-Pele and the surrounding communities are in line to receive a new community centre after investments from all three levels of government. Representatives were on hand for the announcement at the Cap-Pelé arena on Wednesday morning. Contributions from the Government of Canada’s Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program and the Government of New Brunswick account for ...

CHVN broadcasting at reduced power Due to technical problems at our main transmitter site, CHVN is broadcasting at reduced power. Unfortunately, this means for many people outside of the City of Winnipeg you will have trouble picking up the reception at 95.1 FM. Please listen to CHVN on our website, or through your phone on your favourite radio apps such as TuneIn and Radio Player Canada. Technicians are working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible Funding announced for new event cent...

By Ryan Young Jul 26, 2021 | 4:17 PM A few local areas in Manitoba are receiving federal and provincial funding for their respective infrastructure projects. In a joint news release, both levels of government say these projects will “create jobs, improve road safety and ensure long-term sustainable infrastructure.” The Canadian Government is contributing over $48.9-million through its Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, Manitoba $27.7-million, and all funding recipients are ...

Try refreshing your browser. Critics say air ventilation standards should be key part of Ontarios back to school plan Back to video This week the province’s COVID-19 science advisory table joined the chorus of experts, education unions and parents calling for more attention to the importance of ventilation in preventing the transmission of the virus in schools. The report said ensuring adequate air quality by upgrading HVAC systems was one of the permanent changes schools needed to make, al...

Winnipeg Free Press BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Winnipegs North End Water Pollution Control Center is the citys oldest and largest sewage treatment plant. Nearly two years after the City of Winnipeg asked for funding to complete the first two phases of a $1.854-billion north end sewage treatment plant upgrade, and 18 years after the municipal government was first ordered to do the work, a deal is in place to fund the initial step. Nearly two years after the City of Winnipeg aske...

Prince Albert Daily Herald The Buckland Bridge The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan continue to invest in infrastructure. On July 13, Jim Carr, Minister and Special Representative for the Prairies and Saskatchewan’s Minister of Government Relations, Don McMorris announced more than $6.8 million in joint funding for 12 infrastructure projects across the province including three local Rural Municipalities. This funding will go toward replacing culverts and bridges across Saskatchewan t...

Article content Taking down the fence, improving the splash pad itself and separating it from the Norma Cox Youth Centre pool is part of $650,000 in spending recently approved for the south Sarnia park this fall. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Upgrades to two city parks starting in the fall Back to video Currently splash pad users have to access it through the pool entrance, and lifeguards are required because the pool and splash pad are connecte...

July 15, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Dufferin County municipalities are receiving more than $1.1 million in funding from the provincial and federal government to invest in local infrastructure. The funding, which is through the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP), was officially announced in a press release last Thursday (July...