Integrity commissioner deems Grimsby mayor’s actions ‘trivial and without consequence’

Grimsby Town Hall

After an investigation into an integrity commissioner complaint filed by a Grimsby councillor against Mayor Jeff Jordan suggested no corrective action be taken, council voted to further the investigation. At the Feb. 1 committee of the whole meeting, council along with the town’s integrity commissioner Charles Harnick discussed a complaint filed against Jordan by Coun. … Read more

Red dresses hang in the trees at Niagara’s post-secondary institutions to symbolize missing and murdered Indigenous women

red dresses hang in trees on the Brock University campus

In conjunction with Niagara College, Brock University is hosting a weeklong event to bring attention to the violence that plagues Indigenous women. The REDress Project, originated at University of Winnepeg in 2011 by Métis artist Jamie Black, has since been replicated nationwide. Empty red dresses signify the loss of life of thousands of Indigenous women, … Read more

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Dunnville hospital

Haldimand War Memorial Hospital

Two employees at Haldimand War Memorial Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the local health unit to declare an outbreak at the Dunnville hospital. Hospital CEO Sharon Moore said the two staff members are in self-isolation and no patients or residents of Edgewater Gardens — a retirement home adjacent to the hospital — have … Read more