In this edition:
- Town of Grimsby launches grant program for local community
- St. Catharines changes fee schedule, deleting two and adding thirteen
- Ranks of paid employees increase for fifth month running
- Ontario exploring additional pharmacist services
- George Weston, Loblaw settle class-action lawsuits over bread price-fixing scheme
- Focus on Finance & Economy
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Town of Grimsby launches grant program for local community
The Town of Grimsby is currently taking applications for the Grimsby Community Development Grant Program (GCDG) and the Community Project Grant Program (CPGP).
These grant programs are designed to help facilitate any projects that individuals, groups, and non-profit organizations create to enhance the quality of life in the community.
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St. Catharines changes fee schedule, deleting two and adding thirteen
New user fees and incremental increases to other rates and fees in 2024 to 2026 will help the City of St. Catharines cover the costs for certain programs and services that directly benefit users. The fees are critical for the City, which has a mixed approach to funding its services – relying on rates and fees and the tax levy, and other sources such as grants and reserves.
There are 13 new fees, 10 have been updated and two have been removed. Some increases will be phased in over three years to support the transition. The update to the 2024 to 2026 schedule of rates and fees was approved by City Council on Monday, July 22.
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Ranks of paid employees increase for fifth month running
The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as “payroll employment” in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—increased by 41,000 (+0.2%) in May. This was the fifth consecutive monthly increase, with a cumulative gain of 148,900 (+0.8%) from January to May.
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Ontario exploring additional pharmacist services
The Ontario government is looking at additional innovative and creative ways to make pharmacies a one-stop-shop for people to conveniently connect to care, close to home by further expanding the ability of pharmacists to provide care. Starting today, the government is consulting with its partners on further expanding the ability of pharmacists to provide care by treating additional common ailments, administering more vaccines, and performing more point-of-care testing.
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George Weston, Loblaw settle class-action lawsuits over bread price-fixing scheme
Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and parent company George Weston Ltd. will pay $500 million to settle the class-action lawsuits against them for their role in a decade-old bread price-fixing scheme.
It’s the largest anti-trust settlement in Canadian history.
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