Page 3 - Upper Thames River News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stratford children's author Jon-Erik Lappano is getting ready to release his fourth picture book, Martin and the River, on March 1.

Author of the article: Scott Nixon Publishing date: May 14, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  2 minute read  •  Article content LUCAN BIDDULPH – Councillors learned at their May 4 meeting about property values province-wide, as well as those in their own backyard. Brenda Slater, zone 1 account manager for the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), spoke at last week’s Lucan Biddulph council meeting and informed councillors that MPAC property assessments continue to be based on Jan. 1, 2016 market values, as province-wide property assessments have been put on hold. We apol...

Article content While it won’t have much impact on their efforts to maintain the area’s natural beauty, local conservationists and volunteers are celebrating the designation of a portion of Ellice Swamp as a Canadian Protected and Conserved Area. Located north of Stratford in the Township of Perth East, the 1,014-hectare swamp is the largest natural area in both Perth County and the Upper Thames River watershed. The approximately 882 hectares of the provincially significant wetland owned by the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority is now recognized by both the provincial and federal ...

Administrative delays to blame for lack of climate plan progress updates provided to area councils Perth County climate-change coordinator Rebecca Garlick has not been idle over the last two years as she works to develop community greenhouse-gas-emissions-reduction plans for all seven Perth County municipalities. Author of the article: Galen Simmons Publishing date: Feb 05, 2021  •  February 5, 2021  •  4 minute read  •  Activists ranging from very young to not as young attended the Fridays for Future climate rally in Stratford, joining people in more than 150 countries aro...