February 26, 2009 RSS feed / Regional News

Province, groups move on green energy

Although Premier Dalton McGuinty and Energy Minister George Smitherman have promised to streamline approvals of renewable energy facilities, the Ontario Power Authority doesn't appear to have any major projects in mind apart from a contentious off- More...

ELGV moves on explosives proposal

Permanent zoning for an explosives storage and distribution facility in East Luther Grand Valley near Luther Marsh appears to be moving ahead with an open house by the proponent March 3 and a public meeting to follow on April 14. More...

Tilson alerts House to CUPE boycott

David Tilson rose during Question Period in the House of Commons on Monday to raise the issue of a CUPE boycott of Israeli academics. More...

Headwaters imaging has next-generation technology

Headwaters Health Care Centre has added a 64-slice computed tomography scanner in their Diagnostic Imaging department replacing the existing four-slice CT scanner. "The number refers to its speed, like the shutter speed of a camera. More...

'Worst drivers' sought locally

The Discovery Channel series Canada's Worst Driver is on a mission to make streets less dangerous by rehabilitating the country's worst drivers. More...

Pringle work distributed across North America

Grand Valley resident S.J. (Jill) Pringle recently landed an international publishing deal that will see her "Country Children" series distributed across Canada and the United States. More...