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Last month, Sophie Krouse undertook a one-person protest to shed light on the massive investments banks like RBC have poured into the fossil fuel industry. This protest was cut short when several police officers showed up to where ...
With vaccine supply to Ontario seemingly remedied, the provincial government has further expanded eligibility to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment throughout this week. As of Tuesday, May 11, individuals with at-risk health conditions suc ...
Province Outlines Plans to Make Pfizer Vaccine Available to Youth Aged 12 to 17 With the new, more contagious variants continuing to pose significant risks, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow A nurse’s life is filled with the highest of highs and lowest of lows – none of it they control. These days those extremes are tested on an almost daily basis. For Grimsby’s Danielle Field, her decision ...
By Tristan Marks NewsNow Basil isn’t just for seasoning, it has stress-beating properties that are perfect for aiding mental wellness this Mental Health Awareness Month. GBF has been handing out the helpful herb as part of the organizatio ...
It’s a double feature of Mikes this episode! This time, your host, Mike Williscraft, sits opposite to Mike Kirkopoulos, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for the Town of Lincoln. Together, they talk all things Lincoln, Onta ...
Ya know, good reader, it really is no fun to cover Grimsby council. It used to be something to which I would look forward. It was an event; to sit back and just wait for something truly silly or outlandish to unfold. Now it ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow From a chance conversation years ago at Jazz On The Ridge, to a $1 million donation to kick start a major expansion campaign, things have come full circle for Blair and Kathy McKeil and McNally House Ho ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow The good news keeps on coming for West Lincoln Memorial Hospital’s rebuild process – this time the local share needed for the $200 million build will be $50 million, not $60 million as initially ...
Town of Lincoln will receive $60,000 funding through the Province of Ontario’s Inclusive Community Grant Program (ICGP) – the maximum for which a municipality can apply. The ICGP funds projects in small urban or rur ...
Considerable confusion reigned supreme over the weekend for parents and youth alike over protocols regarding Niagara West skateparks. Many youth populated Grimsby’s Skatepark, while others were upset being turned away from Linco ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Another 5-4 vote at Grimsby council Monday night will allow for a town procedural bylaw change which backdates signatory processes to cover early April. At issue for the dissenting four members of counc ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow West Lincoln Memorial Hospital clicked by another vital milestone Monday with the three teams which qualified to bid on the build project being announced. Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and H ...
On this episode – during National Volunteer Week – Mike sits down with Life Member Grimsby Kinsman and community pillar Bruce Bond to talk about the importance of volunteers for the health and vibrancy of any community ...
The pressure within Ontario and on our hospital due to COVID-19 is escalating rapidly and Hamilton Health Sciences is feeling it across its system – including West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. “HHS continues to create capacity for cri ...
By Tristan Marks NewsNow The Town of Lincoln’s new nuisance bylaw is an example of “a small town thinking big,” says Coun. Mike Mikolic. Lincoln council passed a comprehensive nuisance bylaw on Monday, which set fines and pr ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow “The resolution is not enforceable, correct?” “That’s correct.” That exchange at Monday night’s Committee of the Whole meeting between Grimsby Coun. Lianne Vardy and the Town’s legal couns ...
By Tristan Marks NewsNow The Town of Grimsby sent in the big guns to ensure a public Grimsby sidewalk was clean and clear – of chalk. Sophie Krouse stood outside RBC last week to raise awareness of Canadian banks investments in the fo ...
This week Mike welcomes Mark Kossek, a Grimsby resident so frustrated with the state of Grimsby Council that he started a petition asking the Province to intervene. Kossek’s petition clicked past the 1000 signatures mark in ...
Yesterday, Niagara Regional Police (NRP) officers from district 3 (Welland) arrested to male suspects in Grimsby in connection to a domestic violence investigation in the City of Welland. On April 14 2021 at approximately 6:20 p.m ...