In this edition:
- Province declines NOTL seat-cut proposal
- GO Train service returns to Niagara today after derailment in St. Catharines last week
- CRTC launches new call for proposals to its Broadband Fund
- Pelham receives Canadian Award for Financial Reporting for 2024 Annual Report
- Focus on Health & Safety
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Niagara will host a rare live debate this spring as Former Priest now Atheist Dan Barker and Former Muslim now Christian Abdu Murray take the stage for The Anatomy of Purpose, an in-person discussion exploring life’s biggest questions around belief, morality, and meaning.
Dan Barker, a former evangelical preacher turned atheist activist, is co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and a best-selling author whose work challenges religious belief and advocates for secularism. Over the past two decades, Barker has debated leading philosophers and theologians at major institutions including Oxford and Harvard, as well as venues around the world.
Joining him is Abdu Murray, a best-selling author and avid public speaker known for his thoughtful engagement on faith, philosophy, and culture. Murray has likewise debated internationally at universities and forums across the globe, including Oxford and Harvard, engaging audiences with a reasoned defense of faith and purpose.
Bringing two globally recognized thinkers to Niagara offers the local community a rare opportunity to witness a high-level exchange of ideas.
Tickets just $25 at purposedebate.com
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Picture credit: Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Province declines NOTL seat-cut proposal
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s push to cut two council seats ahead of the 2026 election has been rejected by the province, leaving councillors divided over whether the move was rushed or needed.
That proposal would have reduced council to seven members, including the lord mayor, from nine — but the town received a response from the minister of municipal affairs and housing last week confirming the change would not move forward.
Photo credit: Reimar / Adobe Stock
GO Train service returns to Niagara today after derailment in St. Catharines last week
Lakeshore West train service between Confederation GO and Niagara Falls GO resumes today following a train derailment.
Customers can once again travel by GO train to and from St. Catharines and Niagara Falls.
Picture credit: xiaoliangge / Adobe Stock
CRTC launches new call for proposals to its Broadband Fund
The CRTC is launching a new call for proposals to the Broadband Fund. As part of this call for proposals, the CRTC is focusing on projects that:
- bring high-speed Internet to Canadian homes at speeds of at least 50 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloads and 10 Mbps for uploads, with the option of unlimited data;
- improve Internet in communities that depend on satellite service; or
- increase satellite transport to support better connectivity in communities that rely on satellite service.
Photo credit: Town of Pelham
Pelham receives Canadian Award for Financial Reporting for 2024 Annual Report
The Corporation of the Town of Pelham has been recognized for the sixth consecutive year with the Canadian Award for Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA), this time for its 2024 annual financial report.
Focus on Health & Safety
Returning to work isn’t just a date on the calendar
Godfrey Jerry, OHS Canada
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