News from around St. Marys.
Perth County Warden Mert Schneider, right, speaks during the County Council public meeting on surplus farmhouse severances that was held in Monkton on Thursday, April 14 By Dan Rankin At Perth County’s special public meeting at the Elma-Logan Arena in Monkton on Thursday, April 14, speaker after passionate speaker and letter after frustrated letter focused…
Pictured alongside the new Baxter Colleague 3 “Triple Pump” Monday were president of the Auxiliary Larry Beattie, hospital manager Jane Rundle, Dr. Chuck Gatfield, HPHA President and CEO Andrew Williams, Registered Nurses Frances Taylor and Marcy Taylor, and Personal Support Worker Katie McNaughton. By Dan Rankin Funding from the St. Marys Memorial Hospital Auxiliary has…
The Browns Women’s Institute held their annual charity euchre luncheon on Saturday. Every year, the group donates half of the proceeds from the event to cancer research, and half to another locally-relevant, health-related charity. Institute president Liz Harrison, middle, is pictured presenting cheques for $500 each to Charlene Spector left, regional manager of South West,…
Pictured above are Andrew North, Marie Stevens, Liz Benyon On Wednesday, April 20 the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum would like to thank its volunteers and recruit new ones with an evening of complimentary wings, and non-alcoholic beverages while tuning into the Toronto Blue Jays vs the Baltimore Orioles broadcast. The Hall’s plans…
From left are St. Marys Curling Club members and 2016 Women’s Tankard Provincial Champs Laura Leitch, Kristin DeBrabandere, Catherine Wallis, Amie Shackleton, Charlene Haluk-McMahon, Melanie DeSchutter, Lindsay McLeod, and Christine Hinsperger. On Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10, a team of 8 curlers from the St. Marys Curling Club participated in the Ontario Curling…
Starts May 6th On Tuesday, April 12, St. Marys Town Council officially appointed the Town’s new Director of Emergency Services/Fire Chief. Richard Anderson has been appointed to the position. Anderson will be joining the Town from the civilian fire department located at Canadian Forces Base Borden where he is currently in the role of Deputy…
No swans and maybe no winners on fire truck Town CAO Brent Kittmer presented a completely revised Procedural By-Law to the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday for consideration. Included in the recommendations are a proposed code of conduct for the Mayor and Councillors, a schedule for meetings, regulations for delegations and a question period,…
The latest Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Farmland Values Report, an annual examination of farmland values across the country, found that in 2015 the average value of Canadian farmland continued to increase. The report shows that nationally and in many key agricultural regions, the average value of farmland increased at a slower pace last year when…
Leaders in local health care were out to learn more about the new system of Coordinated Care PLanning last Friday at Stratford General Hospital. From left, are Southwest LHIN CEO Mike Barrett, founder of the Toronto-based health policy organization Instincts at Work Penny Paucha, North Perth Family Health Team Executive Director and HPHA board of…
Towards the end of 2015, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) announced plans to develop a Cap and Trade system for Ontario to address climate change by reducing atmospheric carbon emissions and putting a price on carbon. According to a press release earlier this month by Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) president Don…