General Motors layoff sparks provincial retraining plan
Alex Carruthers reports that Ontario education and labour departments coordinate to expand the Oshawa retraining centre. Programs range from academic upgrading to machine operation and commercial courses, with industry partners sharing costs. Over 250 short term projects exist province wide, aiming to ease dislocations from the GM layoff while highlighting economic growth and job creation in Ontario.
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Oshawa
Department of Labour
OMA Urges Governments Bear Education Costs
Cobourg mayor J A Heenan reports the Ontario Municipal Association delegates backed 100 percent funding of education by federal and provincial governments. The 950 delegates from across Ontario debated 143 resolutions. They urged elected school boards answerable to taxpayers and councils, with administration centralized at higher government levels.
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Ontario Municipal Association
J. A. Heenan
Cobourg
Ontario
Pete Newell Progress Report After Accident
Mr Pete Newell who was critically injured in an accident last week south of Kendal on the County road is progressing favourably at Toronto General Hospital.
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Pete Newell
Kendal
Toronto ‘General’ Hospital
Storm sewer installation under way in Orono
The Orono Police Trustees start a storm sewer project on Duchess Street draining to an existing storm sewer on Church Street. A catch basin is installed south of Duchess Street on Church Street. Clarke Township Road Department leads the work.
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Work Progressing Slowly at Orono Water Tower
Work on repainting the Orono Water Tower inches forward as scaffolding struggles to pass the tower’s small bottom opening. Inside, peeling paint is being resurfaced while the town’s water supply comes directly from the pump.
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Orono
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