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Transit and open streets strategies move toward final vote at city council The City of Winnipeg is a step away from greenlighting a massive transit master plan, and will likely launch an extension of the Sunday and holiday bicycle routes that do not allow pedestrians to use the closed streets. Social Sharing Total revamp of routes, new rapid transit lines would take decades and cost hundreds of millions of dollars Posted: Apr 21, 2021 10:19 PM CT | Last Updated: April 22 Transit master plan fac...

Article content Schools across the Huron-Perth region are preparing to begin a number of ventilation upgrades and other projects related to pandemic health and safety following the announcement that both the Huron Perth Catholic District and Avon Maitland District school boards will receive nearly $5 million combined in infrastructure funding from the federal and provincial governments. The funding earmarked for Huron-Perth schools was announced as part of a $525.2-million federal investment an...

Home /TLDSB bags $7.5 in new COVID-19 relief funding News21 April 2021 By Mike Baker Trillium Lakelands District School Board is receiving around $7.5 million in additional COVID-19 relief funding from the provincial and federal governments.   In a release to media last week, Laurie Scott, MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, said the money is being allocated to upgrade infrastructure at local schools to protect against COVID-19. “The health and wellbeing of students remains the highes...

Article content Schools across the Huron-Perth region are preparing to begin a number of ventilation upgrades and other projects related to pandemic health and safety following last week’s announcement that both the Huron Perth Catholic District and Avon Maitland District school boards will receive nearly $5 million combined in infrastructure funding from the federal and provincial governments. The funding earmarked for Huron-Perth schools was announced as part of a $525.2-million federal inv...

Article content The Ontario government is investing $1.9 million in one-time combined federal-provincial funding to improve and upgrade long-term care homes in the Pembroke, Renfrew and Deep River. Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP John Yakabuski made the announcement April 19. The local recipients are Pembroke’s Miramichi Lodge, Renfrew’s Bonnechere Manor and Deep River’s North Renfrew Long-Term Care Services. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Ya...

Article content Two historically-significant exterior exhibits at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre (BCM&CC) are set to receive funds from the Community, Culture and Recreation stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, it was recently announced. The Museum will receive $36,420 in funding to replace the roofs on the 1875 Log School House and the 1850 Log Home, as well as addressing other issues like window and window casing replacements. Both buildings are located immedia...

Article content Grande Prairie City Council has decided where to designate the city’s nearly $2.4-million in operating surplus. Multiple projects will be the beneficiary of the city’s spending during the course of 2021. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Designating the surplus Back to video “In the over $7-million of projects we are doing this summer, such as the activity centre in Smith, the bike park in Crystal Park, some of our linkages in ...

/ Napanee Today Apr 19, 2021 9:30 AM MPP Daryl Kramp announced an investment by the Ontario Government of $1,030,750 in one-time combined federal-provincial funding to improve and make upgrades to long-term care homes in Bancroft and Greater Napanee. It’s part of a $100 million investment to install heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems, and make retrofits or repairs to fire sprinkler systems, in 95 long-term care homes across the province. These investments will help provide car...

Kincardine, ON, Canada / ShorelineToday.ca Apr 19, 2021 6:21 AM School boards in Huron-Bruce will be receiving more than $8.4 million to update local infrastructure and further protect against COVID-19. The funding comes from the provincial and the federal government as part of the COVID-19 Reliance Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program The funds will be used for retrofits, updates and upgrades to schools and co-located child care facilities, with projects incl...

Article content Hazardous waste depot open The City of Cornwall’s household hazardous waste depot — located at the landfill site — has opened for the season. Any resident attending the depot should remain in their vehicle however, as well as wear a mask and talk to staff members through their window. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Cornwall/SDG briefs: Waste depot opens Back to video Staff will remove items directly from trunk — not the ba...