Two days before Premier Doug Ford pulls the trigger on a spring election, Queen’s Park unveiled $1.3 billion in funding for 30 new schools and additions, including a $100-million Catholic high school in north London. The London District Catholic school board received funding for three schools: more than $140 million for high schools in London […]
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Queen’s Park has issued a reminder to the deficit-ridden Thames Valley District school board about their responsibility to the public while providing an update on a looming audit of the organization's finances and executive compensation.
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St. Joseph’s Health Care London will be home to a first-of-its kind research hub for workplace injuries and illnesses.
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The region’s largest school board has snapped up a $10.45-million property in southwest London with plans to build a new elementary school.
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A pilot program that would give London Transit bus passes to Grade 9 and 10 students at a London high school cleared another hurdle despite a warning about the added burden it would put on school board staff. Thames Valley District school board trustees passed a motion at a committee meeting this week to send […]
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will deliver her seventh State of the State address to a Republican-controlled House and a Democratic-controlled Senate on February 26.
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The budget deficit facing the London region's largest school board has increased again, driven in part by another cut to the number of students at its schools – which has trustees searching for answers.
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St. Thomas police are reporting a significant increase in domestic violence cases and charges, averaging more than two calls a day in 2024 in a city of approximately 43,000 people. The department, which is dealing with an 11 per cent increase in domestic violence calls during the past three years, says the numbers do not […]
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The cash-strapped Thames Valley District school board would suffer crushing debt if it started buying up land for new schools rather than waiting for funding from Queen's Park to do so, officials told trustees at a debate this week.
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The head of a union representing 1,600 Thames Valley District school board employees says she wants to know whether trustees approved senior staff pay raises of up to 33 per cent that began in 2023.
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Thames Valley chair won’t say if trustees OK’d pay raises for senior administration in 2023 because of a ministry-ordered audit.