Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Caroline Alphonso
Publication Date: October 16, 2024 - 18:52
$145,000 school board art trip to Italy questioned by Education Minister Jill Dunlop
October 16, 2024
Ontario’s Education Minister questioned the fiscal responsibility of a Catholic school board that spent $145,000 to send four trustees on a trip to Italy to buy art, including religious statues, for a new high school that is being built.Trustees at the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board in Brantford reportedly expensed $45,000 for their July trip to northern Italy, where they purchased about $100,000 worth of sculptures and statues.
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A Saskatchewan man driving a tractor has died after a collision near the province’s boundary with Manitoba that caused several train cars to derail.RCMP say they responded to the scene at a rail crossing north of Gerald, Sask., a village 250 kilometres east of Regina, where several train cars went off the tracks.Mounties say no spills were reported except for dried and material goods, but a man from the nearby town of Esterhazy died in the collision.
October 16, 2024 - 20:46 | | The Globe and Mail
New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative leader was targeted by his two main opponents during Wednesday’s roundtable discussion, forced to defend his record on issues such as health care, housing and public safety.Premier since 2018, Blaine Higgs is asking voters for a third term in office, and he regularly boasted to the two other party leaders that his six balanced budgets have permitted his government to save money on debt payments and make important investments in such things as the health system.
October 16, 2024 - 20:37 | Hina Alam | The Globe and Mail
A B.C. judge has issued a decision in a years-long dispute between neighbours that began with a noise complaint over barking dogs, crowing roosters and quacking ducks – awarding $15,000 in damages to the plaintiffs in the case.
October 16, 2024 - 20:27 | Lisa Steacy | CTV News - Canada
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