Local
In 2016, the Region of Niagara undertook a six-month recruitment process to find a new chief administrative officer (CAO).
Following an exhaustive search, Carmen D’Angelo – a long-time paramedic, EMS manager, and then-CAO of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority – was awarded the gig.
After about 18 months on the job, a local media source alleged D’Angelo’s hiring was tainted by the exchange of insider information during the competition, with then-Chair Alan Caslin’s office reportedly facilitating the exchange.
Local
Late Wednesday night, a letter sent from Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore to Niagara’s acting medical officer of health Dr. Mustafa Hirji leaked online.
Local
On Thursday, it was announced that Fort Erie’s Abatement Technologies was awarded $2.5 million in provincial funding to help support the company respond to increased demand.
Sports
The (21-21) Toronto Raptors officially reached the midway point of their season earlier this week.
The NBA, and its 30 teams, play 82-game schedules.
Business
Housing supply in Canada is at an all-time low.
Per the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), prospective buyers across the country are facing a record shortage of listings to start 2022, and prices are only going to go up.
Provincial
After having had some experience with the federally imposed carbon tax, and having lost constitutional challenges against the tax at the Supreme Court of Canada, some provinces are now contemplating changes to the tax in their jurisdictions.
National
The federal government has Canada (a.k.a. the Great White North) in fervid pursuit to meet international climate change commitments and to achieve a “net-zero emissions economy” by 2050.
