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Councillors made it clear Monday they don’t want to see another communications gaffe like the one they saw with a legitimate pipe protection program that had many homeowners wondering if it was a scam.
In summing up the blunder, Coun. Scott Moffatt, the chair of the standing committee on environmental protection, water and waste management, quoted a line from the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke: “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.”
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The city plans to use extra gas tax money to help pay for the redevelopment of Dufferin Park and creation of Arrowdale Community Park.
Back in March, the city was informed of a one-time doubling of its annual federal gas tax allocation for 2021, giving the municipality almost $6 million in extra funding.
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The gas tax program, soon to be renamed the Canada Community-Building Fund, is a permanent source of federal funding for local infrastructure to address local priorities.
Ontario s plan to overhaul Blue Box program stalls, leaving sector on hold
As the province irons out the final details of its new recycling regulations, municipalities and environmental groups are urging them to finish the job.
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Grey Bruce groups concerned about Highway 6 on the Bruce Peninsula are supporting harsher penalties for stunt drivers in a new Act proposed by the Provincial government.
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker says the Bruce Peninsula Safer Communities Committee, Grey Bruce OPP, MTO and municipal reps have been working hard to combat excessive speeding on Highway 6 on the Bruce Peninsula in recent years.
Walker says the Moving Ontarians More Safely Act (MOMS Act) proposes those ticketed for stunt driving, street racing and aggressive driving have their licences suspended for 30 days instead of the current seven and their vehicles impounded for 14 days instead of seven.
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Even with what North Bay Coun. Bill Vrebosch calls an âexemplary record,â the city was still dinged with a 10 per cent increase to its insurance rate this year.
And that was without taking into account cyber insurance.
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Speaking at a meeting of North Bay council Tuesday, Vrebosch said even with the 10 per cent boost to insurance premiums, North Bay is still well below some municipalities in the province. Some, he said, have faced insurance premium hikes of 62 per cent.