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St. Clair College bucks Ontario trend by projecting $10M increased budget surplus
Despite a provincial tuition freeze and federal restrictions on international student visas, St. Clair College says it will exceed its projected surplus for the 2024-2025 fiscal year by an estimated $10 million.
Developer behind $200M LaSalle commercial complex 'excited' to see it move forward
The developer behind a proposed new commercial development that’s slated to bring a Food Basics, McDonald’s, Tim Hortons and other services to the Town of LaSalle says it’s exciting to have reached a milestone in the project, which is set to begin construction in early 2025.
U.S. developer and city end legal battle over Windsor's former Grace hospital site
The City of Windsor and the company that had sought to turn the old Grace Hospital site into student housing have jointly announced an end to their legal battle over the development.
Trump tariffs hard to navigate but Canada can take action, Windsor and auto leaders say
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens says he’s taking seriously U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods.
Riverfest Elora and Summerfolk say their heads are still above water after a rainy weekend
Two music festivals that had to cancel shows due to torrential rains this past weekend say they still have their heads above water financially and they expect to return next year to celebrate milestone anniversaries.
Regular rainfall results in quiet wildfire season in northwestern Ontario
While western Canada struggles with an out-of-control wildfire that destroyed part of Jasper, Alta., earlier this summer, the number of wildfires across Ontario has been well below average, according to data from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF).
Inquest into woman's death in Kingfisher Lake First Nation hears from doctor who treated her
The inquest into the 2017 death of a woman in Kingfisher Lake First Nation heard on Thursday from the doctor who treated her in the period leading up to her death – though Dr. Steve Coupland said he was on holiday during the events that immediately preceded Ruthann Quequish's passing.
Thunder Bay woman says province denied her a doctor because she paid for NP care
A Thunder Bay, Ont., woman in search of a family doctor says the provincial service that helps people find primary health care providers refused to help her — because she had signed on with a fee-for-service nurse practitioner clinic that charges up to $180 per visit.
Canadian Blood Services apology met with mixed feelings in Windsor, Ont., 2SLGBTQ+ community
Some members of Windsor’s 2SLGBTQ+ community say they’re glad that Canadian Blood Services has apologized to the community for decades of discrimination against gay and bisexual men and some trans people. But they say a former policy banning blood donations by men who have sex with men should never have existed in the first place.
City of Waterloo passes 3-year budget with plans for more sidewalk clearing, hiring planners and firefighters
City of Waterloo councillors passed a three-year budget on Monday that one councillor described as supporting the "city that we are and the city that we want to be."