High temps behind Canada Day 402 road problem
McNaughton out of PC leadership race
April 9, 2015
Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton is out of the race to become leader of the Provincial Conservative Party.
He stepped aside this morning. McNaughton signed up 12,000 new members to the party, third in the leadership race of three.
“Our campaign has stood proudly by offering strong conservative ideas and by telling people exactly where I would take our province and our party,” says McNaughton in a news release. “From balanced budgets, repealing and refunding Kathleen Wynne’s ORPP pension scheme, to ending expensive wind energy and significantly reforming our party, our ideas have attracted thousands of new people to our cause.”
McNaughton, and his campaign chairman Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey, have endorsed Barrie area Conservative MP Patrick Brown over Whitby area MPP Christine Elliot.
The leadership race will be in May.
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High temps behind Canada Day 402 road problem
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Heather Wright/The Independent The Ministry of Transportation has confirmed the extreme heat causing the concrete on Highway 402 near the Oil Heritage Road exit to buckle again. Around 5 pm Canada Day, Lambton OPP closed the westbound lanes of the highway at Reece’s Corners “due to hazardous road conditions.” Traffic was directed down London Line to get back on Highway
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IPM officials want 2027 show in Brigden
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UPDATED: Brigden won’t host 2027 IPM
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Nicol Foundation to award LCCVI scholarships until 2029
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Heather Wright/The Independent A long-standing tradition of honouring LCCVI graduates will soon come to a close. The Nicol Foundation says it will wrap up the foundation which gave $10,000 US student scholarships at the end of 2029. Tim Hummel, the Canadian representative to the Nicol Foundation and former LCCVI principal, said in a news release “the balance of funds available
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