Sunday September 15, 2019
Brooke-Alvinston Mayor Don McGugan says rapid increases to the minimum wage will hurt businesses in his community and he’s urging the province to slow down. The provincial government wants to increase the current minimum wage of $11.40 to $15 in the next 18 months. McGugan recently appeared before the all-party committee reviewing Bill 148 when… Read more »
Geoff Greening thinks the cost of providing a new fibre optic network in southwest Ontario will be a lot higher than expected. The new general manager of Brooke Telecom, which has provided fibre optic Internet to a number of communities including Watford and Alvinston, told Lambton County politicians he believes the project being touted by… Read more »
Jenna Simpson had a first hand look at how the Ontario government works. The 30 year-old Petrolia woman represented Sarnia-Lambton at the “A Remarkable Assembly – Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote in Ontario. And she says in some ways, it was a real eye-opener. On April 12, 1917, women officially gained the… Read more »
After years of work and lots of scandals, the Greenfield South Energy project is ready to produce power for Ontario. But the energy isn’t flowing yet. That from officials from the Independent Electricity System Operator. Chuck Farmer, director of stakeholder and public affairs with the IESO, says the gas-fired power plant in St. Clair… Read more »
