Provincial & Federal Government

HALDIMAND—The Government of Ontario recently announced plans to consolidate Ontario’s 36 independent conservation authorities into a limited number of regional bodies under a new provincial... ...read more

CALEDONIA — Recently, the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities heard from Caledonia-based trucking leader Kim Richardson after he was invited by MP Leslyn... ...read more

HALDIMAND—Mark Watson, Haldimand County’s representative on the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board (BHNCDSB), resigned from his trustee seat amidst ongoing public scrutiny over ...read more

HALDIMAND—Local politicians are not impressed with the provincial government’s proposed Bill 9, Municipal Accountability Act, 2025. Under the proposed bill, a standardized municipal code of... ...read more

HALDIMAND—Haldimand-Norfolk MP Leslyn Lewis is touting a $7.66 million federal grant coming to the region, issued through the Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF). The fund, which... ...read more

As Ontario MPPs reconvened at Queen’s Park, the corridors of power felt less like the halls of breakthrough policy and more like a political pressure... ...read more

QUEEN’S PARK—MPP Bobbi Ann Brady stood in the Legislature recently to call on the Ontario government to cover Prostate-Specific Antigen testing (PSA) through OHIP for ...read more

Better late than never. This Ontario provincial legislative session started October 20, similar to last year, which started on October 21. In the previous two... ...read more

CALEDONIA—The team behind the class action lawsuit for those impacted by the McKenzie Meadows protest is preparing a new motion with hopes of pushing the ...read more

Walk into any household, and it is often the women who know which bills are due, how much is left on the mortgage, and when ...read more