by Diana Huson | Apr 14, 2021 | Region Updates
This week Public Health reached an important vaccination milestone – 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered across Niagara, representing approximately 20% of the population. With nearly 450,000 people residing in Niagara, this means our Public Health team...
by Diana Huson | Apr 2, 2021 | Region Updates
In what seemed like a cruel April fool’s joke, we received news on April 1st that the Province was applying a province wide emergency brake in response to the escalating caseloads and a shift in new variants. This means effective April 3rd the colour-coded zones have...
by Diana Huson | Feb 2, 2021 | Region Updates
Last week the Region finalized our levy budget, which encompasses our operating expenses, some capital expenditures, our suite of programs and services, and also our agencies, boards and commissions. Staff had followed a 2% budget guideline and, to their credit, were...
by Diana Huson | Jan 18, 2021 | Region Updates
On Thursday, January 13th, Regional Council considered a number of important policies impacting the levy budget, which we expect to finalize this week. The levy budget consists of all Regional programs and services, regional operations, as well as the agencies and...
by Diana Huson | Jul 10, 2020 | Region Updates
On Wednesday, July 8th Regional Chair Bradley called a special meeting to consider a regional mandatory mask by-law in public indoor spaces. Such a by-law would be temporary but allow for a consistent mask policy across all 12 of Niagara’s municipalities, including...
by Diana Huson | Jun 19, 2020 | Region Updates
It’s been a long couple of months trying to adjust to the COVID pandemic and find some resemblance of a normal routine. For some it’s meant working from home, potentially homeschooling our children and isolating yourselves. For other’s it’s meant braving the outdoors,...
