(PETITCODIAC, NB) – Twenty-three-year-old Scott Mackillop of Petitcodiac, N.B. has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge of mischief over $5,000 in connection with an oil spill in April of 2011 in Petitcodiac. Information received by District 11 RCMP led to Mackillop’s arrest. He was sentenced on March 13, 2012, to a nine month [...]
By Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Transportation (TORONTO, ON) – A majority of Toronto City Council voted today to build light rail transit along Sheppard Avenue East. Last year, the Province signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mayor Rob Ford to build a subway along Sheppard, on the condition that the plan be approved by council. [...]
(CHICAGO, IL) - Livingston International has acquired the assets of Dell Will Customs Brokers Inc. (“Dell Will”), Livingston president and CEO, Peter Luit, announced today. Dell Will’s head office is in Windsor at 4600 Rhodes Drive. “The addition of this southwestern Ontario customs broker, known for its excellent customer service, gives Livingston even greater traction through [...]
(ESSEX, ON) – The Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority will soon accept more recyclable materials and is sending us all bigger blue boxes. Along with the current, 17 gallon containers, 22 gallon boxes are being distributed throughout Windsor and Essex County. Waste Diversion Manager, Cameron Wright, says mixed plastics, including plastic shells and trays, are being [...]
(OTTAWA, ON) – Sierra Club Canada has joined with local Wakefield residents, Gatineau Park protectors, and large and small environmental groups in a call on Premier Jean Charest to temporarily halt construction of the A5 highway extension project near Wakefield village. At stake are 88 acres of old growth forest and the drinking water of thousands [...]
(AUBURN HILLS, MI) – Chrysler Group LLC reported U.S. sales of 133,521 units, a 40 percent increase compared with sales in February 2011 (95,102 units), and the group’s best February sales since 2008. Chrysler Group outpaced the industry in February with its 23rd-consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains. The company has beaten the industry average sales [...]
(NIAGARA FALLS, ON) – Automotive logistics company SpencerARL has opened a new 80,000 sq. ft. facility on Progress Street in Niagara Falls. The Canadian-owned company is partnering with General Motors on the production of a new transmission line being manufactured in Niagara. More than 100 jobs are expected to be created at SpencerARL’s state-of-the-art Logistics [...]
(NIAGARA FALLS, ON) – The launch of a new breakfast product line by Post Cereals helped the cereal maker retain its workforce level at its Niagara Falls plant during 2011. Production of Great Grains, Post’s new whole grain cereal, started in early 2011. Known locally as the “Shredded Wheat” plant, the Lewis Ave. cereal factory [...]
(MONTREAL, QC) – VIA Rail Canada has issued an update with respect to VIA Rail Canada train number 92, en route from Niagara Falls to Toronto that was involved in an accident at approximately 3:30pm local time yesterday in Burlington, Ontario. There were 75 passengers and five crew members on board the train at the [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – In the land of the unaccountable, the communications flow is blocked. While he may not be afraid of Virginia Woolf, the famous Edward Albee character, although this is not proven, the city of Windsor’s un-communications czar is apparently scared silly of the Windsor Square. And for good reason. With [...]
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