Jeff Turl

2 weeks ago | baytoday.ca | Jeff Turl

The Nipissing-Timiskaming election race has a fifth candidate. She's Louise Poitras of North Bay running for the Green Party of Canada. According to her website  she is Algonquin and French. "The Nipissing Timiskaming area encompasses both the Nipissing First Nation and the Timiskaming First Nation and it lies within the traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg that is Ojibway, Chippewa, Algonquin and Metis Peoples, specifically known as the Robinson Huron Treaty Territory," says the website.

3 weeks ago | bradfordtoday.ca | Jeff Turl

Premiering Sunday, April 20at 9 p,m, on TVO, the Original TRIPPING The Muskoka Lakes continues the hugely popular TRIPPING series with a remarkable boat ride exploring Ontario’s best-known cottage lakes. The three-hour documentary allows viewers to experience Ontario’s most famous cottage lakes without having to leave home.

3 weeks ago | flamboroughtoday.com | Jeff Turl

Drivers will notice a big price drop at gas stations around town this morning as the carbon tax has been eliminated. The price per litre of regular is currently about $1.35, down from $1.55 per litre yesterday. The move comes after Prime Minister Mark Carney cut the fee last month, allowing the tax to be removed on April 1. On gasoline, the tax was 17.6 cents per litre. Homeowners who heat with natural gas will also see savings. The tax on that fuel was 15.25 cents per cubic metre.

1 month ago | burlingtontoday.com | Jeff Turl

Some people love it, others hate it...yes, Daylight Saving Time (DST) is back this weekend but opponents suffered a big setback earlier this week. Before President Trump was elected, he promised in a Truth Social post in December that "the Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate daylight saving time." But Thursday, Trump changed course, saying he will no longer push for an end to daylight saving time, or to make daylight saving time permanent.

Jan 8, 2025 | haltonhillstoday.ca | Jeff Turl

The threat of a strike at Ontario's community colleges has been "narrowly averted" according to OPSEU, which represents faculty. Instead, the union will focus on "root causes" of the problems in the system.