Costs will be divvied up throughout the district as Rainy River District Ontario Works takes over management of child care, social housing, Family Benefits Allowance, and Ontario Works.
And that means some municipalities will be billed for child care even if they don’t have day cares, toy libraries, and resource centres available in their own community.
The Little Amik Winter Carnival has come and gone—but what a carnival it was.
Heather Herbert, executive director of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, said this year’s edition was an “overwhelming success,” noting many events were filled to capacity.
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario is demanding the province keep its promise—or else.
But what they’ll do if the province doesn’t has not been discussed yet, AMO president Michael Power said last night from Toronto.
“I think what we have to do, to be very blunt, is that we set out the parameters," he said. "We have to wait for a response from the province.”
Melanie Bodnar, who earned top honours at the annual “Quest for the Best” competition here Friday night, isn’t thinking twice about what she wants to do with her $500 first prize.
“I want to use it towards making a [voice] demo tape,” she said Monday night from Winnipeg, where she is enrolled in music at university.
The arena project is slated to get back on track next Monday, when town council has scheduled a meeting with “Ice for Kids” at 5:30 p.m.
And this time round, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said the whole of council will be involved in the decision-making.
The Rainy River District Municipal Association wants no part in the creation of a District Social Services Administration Board (DSSAB) here to cope with the “download” of services.
The problem, it says, is that the board won’t having any taxing authority to pay for the services it will be responsible for—social housing, child care, and Ontario Works.
They’re expected to foot the bill but district municipalities are still confused about what the final cost for policing will be when the province “downloads” the service this year.
About 470 people went to Barwick last Friday and Saturday to fill out applications for Voyageur Panel—even though there are no vacant positions there.
Human resources co-ordinator Kirstan Bodnarchuk said last weekend’s application session was to boost up their hiring pool of potential employees just in case a position does become vacant.
With economic development to take on a district scope, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is looking to forge a new vision—and it’s turning to the public for help.
“Inside every skinny person is a fat person waiting to get out. More often than not, the fat guy wins.”—Jack Elliott
My name is Mark Elliott. I’m drastically overweight.
I’m not alone, either. The latest national survey found 51 percent of all Canadians are overweight or obese.
By the way, I fit into the latter category.
