One injured in Walpole Island fire
Ontario increases farm risk management cash by $50 million
July 16, 2020
| The Ontario government is expanding the Risk Management Program a year earlier than planned by $50 million for a total of $150 million annually. The insurance program helps farmers deal with fluctuating market prices, extreme weather events like flooding or drought, and disease. About 80 per cent of eligible commercial production in the cattle, hog, sheep, veal, grains and oilseeds, and edible horticulture sectors in Ontario is covered by the provincial Risk Management Program. Premier Doug Ford is also committing to lobby the federal government for help. Earlier in the pandemic, the federal government committed to a $250 billion farm package which was widely panned by the farm community money for the processing industry instead of the farm community. |
| Applications for the Risk Management Program will reopen today to allow eligible farmers the opportunity to apply to the program. The deadline to apply closes at midnight for the Risk Management Program and AgriStability. In response to COVID-19, the federal and Ontario governments have added labour as an insured risk to Production Insurance for the 2020 growing season. Canada and Ontario have also announced up to $10 million of support for beef and pork sectors through AgriRecovery.Ontario has an estimated 49,600 farms that contribute an estimated $7.6 billion annually to the province’s economy. |
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One injured in Walpole Island fire
October 10, 2024
Lambton OPP and Walpole Island First Nation Police are looking for information after a fire Wednesday. OPP, First Nations police, paramedics and firefighters went to a fire on Chiefs Road around 8 pm. One person was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The fire is being treated as suspicious and the OPP Crime Unit is investigating with local police and
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Elementary students take to the cross country course
October 10, 2024
Elementary school students from across Lambton have flooded Bridgeview Park in Petrolia for the annual Central Lambton Optimist Cross Country meet. Hundreds of students are running the course in near perfect weather which has drawn a large number of parents to come by to watch.
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$20 million upgrade to Moore Sports Complex would include fitness area, offices
October 10, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township wants to build a $20 million addition to the Moore Sport Complex.And council is hoping the province will step up with at least half the project’s cost with its new Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund. The province recently announced the $200 million initiative to repair old arenas across the province. Part of the
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Over 160 stolen classic cars from Watford dealer still missing says lawyer
October 9, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent A Watford car dealer says there are 208 classic cars involved in an OPP investigation which stretches from Lambton to Belleville. Late last year, Larry Grogan alerted the OPP in Lambton about missing classic cars. May 14, the officers along with Central Hastings OPP’s Emergency Response Team, the OPP-led Provincial Auto Theft and Towing Team and the
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