GECDSB filling positions in Amherstburg/LaSalle and Leamington/Pelee Island  The Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) took three times to come up with a process to fill trustee vacancies, but they did arrive at a conclusion. Trustees voted to seek applications for two vacant positions with interviews being Dec. 15 and the new trustees to start Dec. 16.  The vacant trustee positions are in the Amherstburg/LaSalle area due to the resignation of Ron LeClair and in

Essex County Civic Centre. The County of Essex is making a three-year commitment to its economic development service delivery. It was unanimously decided by county council during last Wednesday night’s meeting to spend over $1 million annually over the next three years to have Invest Windsor-Essex provide the service. In the past, the county had funded the third-party agency year-by-year, but a report brought forth by county CAO Sandra Zwiers recommended a three-year financia

Provincial legislation that would, in part, merge Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities into seven, has met with pushback from the local conservation authority. The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) board of directors met and had a lengthy debate on Bill 68 and voted to oppose the proposed boundary configuration that would see the Essex County and Windsor region become part of the “Lake Erie Regional Conservation Authority.” That new authority would also include the