An application under the Canada-Ontario Development Charge Reduction program will not be submitted by the Town of Amherstburg. Citing too much risk and not enough reward, town council instead unanimously passed a motion put on the table by Councillor Peter Courtney that both provincial and federal levels of government create a grant program that would see consumers directly reimbursed by upper levels of government of development charges in order to incentivize home purchasing. He rejected the...

The Amherstburg Family Health Team is excited to receive a share of recently announced provincial funding. As part of a recent announcement made by Essex MPP Anthony Leardi, the province is investing more than $1,421,400 this year to connect up to 4,022 people to primary care in Essex County. Leardi stated over 4,000 people in Essex County will have primary care thanks to the provincial government. Frank Minardi, executive director with the AFHT, said that will help with staffing, including...

Minister of Natural Resources Mike Harris was in Essex June 9, where he announced an additional $7.8 million to help landowners and municipalities deal with old oil and gas wells found on the properties. Members of Essex County council were on hand as were area fire officials. The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has announced more funding to help the region deal with old oil and gas wells that are still in the area. Minister of Natural Resources Mike Harris was at the Essex County Civic...