News from around St. Marys.
Jaxon, Mia student athletes at UBC “Like everyone else, our kids are finishing up their university exams, signing up for an online summer course or two, while helping empty our job jar, reading, playing board games and card games and online games, watching movies, improving their culinary skills, stuff like that,” summarized Tom Valcke, from…
By Spencer Seymour, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter During the Town Council meeting on Tuesday, April 28, Director of Corporate Services Trisha McKibbin reported on the activities at the St. Marys Museum, which is currently closed to the public but remains very busy through online engagement. “The Museum has been participating in the Community Wellness plan…
By Stewart Grant In a bulletin issued on Thursday, April 30, the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services announced that the ServiceOntario centre located in St. Marys at 194 Queen Street West has permanently closed. The nearest ServiceOntario Centre is now the Stratford location, located at 5 Huron Street. It is open Monday to…
New building to be built at 45 Thames Road By Spencer Seymour, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At last week’s Council meeting, it was authorized that the Mayor and Clerk sign a Site Plan Agreement between the Town of St. Marys and St. James Service Club 73 with regards to the planned development for 45 Thames…
Yard sales banned, but open building permits OK to proceed By Spencer Seymour, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The April 28 St. Marys Town Council meeting, which lasted just over two hours in duration, covered a wide variety of topics with one common thread: COVID-19. There really is nothing that is not impacted by the current…
By Spencer Seymour, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter An early item in Tuesday’s Council meeting was a question from the public as to the financial impact of COVID-19 on the Town: “What is the projected budget deficit amount for this year and are grants available to cover this amount, in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic response?”…
Canada Post is proud to continue providing an essential service to our customers in St. Marys, while ensuring we are doing everything possible to keep our people, and the communities we serve, safe. That has meant implementing significant changes right across our operations, following the guidance of national and local public health authorities. Our post…
By Pat Payton Doctors’ Day occurs every year in Canada on May 1 and is a time to highlight and celebrate doctors’ expertise and dedication to patient care. This year, that day took on a whole new meaning with the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and all the problems it has presented. Last Friday night, Ontarians showed…
By Spencer Seymour Some things just go together really well. Peanut butter and jam. Salt and pepper. And, for the last two decades, the Independent and DCVI’s co-operative education program have fit right in on that list. If you aren’t familiar with the co-op program, it is a credited course offered in many Canadian high…
Former Lincolns’ centre played on tough, talented Flyers teams in mid-1970s By Pat Payton The Broad Street Bullies. Nicknamed for their brawn and brash style on the ice, they were an NHL team that was loved at home and hated on the road, but that Philadelphia Flyers team is still remembered today–some 45 years later–for…