Local
The City of St. Catharines plans to spend an unprecedented $20 million to help residents recover from two major flooding episodes that occurred earlier this summer.
Council voted unanimously to approve a plan to increase the Emergency Flood Alleviation Program’s (FLAP) funding for this year from $150,000 to $20 million.
More than 3,000 residents have applied to access the program thus far, an increase from the typical few dozen applications the city receives in a normal year.
Local
Candidate registrations closed across Niagara last Friday (Aug. 21), and the list for all twelve municipalities has been finalized. There were a few last-minute entries, some surprise additions and omissions, and evidence of a healthy interest in elective service.
Sports
The Welland Jackfish are set to defend their Canadian Baseball League (CBL) Championship (formerly IBL) beginning next week.
The only question is where will they finish in the regular season standings?
National
The failed trade talks between Canada and the United States have devolved into a “we said, they said” argument, and, today, the only thing being traded between countries is insults.
National
While Canadians were focussing on Canada-U.S. trade relations over the past week or so, a very interesting consultation period was winding up in Ottawa on something called the “green taxonomy.”
National
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to look at this poll and understand something simple: People will not accept a gas tax hike in September.
National
The obvious question this morning, after Canada walked out of trade talks with the U.S. over the weekend is, now what? A devastating trade war is about to break out between our $2.51 trillion economy and the $32.38 trillion American behemoth.
