By Mark Brown June 24, 2021 3:00am The Greater Essex County District School Board has approved its spending plan for the upcoming school year. Trustees with the English public school board passed this week a budget of $566-million for the 2021-2022 academic year. The figure includes roughly $482-million for operations and just under $84-million for […]

WINDSOR, ONT. — The Greater Essex County District School Board trustees approved an operating budget of around $482 million, which includes new student supports to assist with “success and well-being.” The GECDSB approved the 2021/22 budget of $482,054,081 on Tuesday for the fiscal period Sept. 1, 2021 to Aug. 31, 2022. “The Operating budget aligns […]

Asked to show cause why proceedings for their removal should not be set in motion, the members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) have defended their decision to join a lawsuit mounted by opposition parliamentarian Ganesh Mahipaul over the budgets of constitutional bodies, saying that they were left with no choice as they were denied […]

British Columbia is making transit free for kids under 12 and hiking income assistance and disability support payments in its 2021 budget, released Tuesday. The new free transit provision is slated to take effect in September, as students return to school, and is aims to help the province meet its climate goals, boost transit […]

Regina city council finalized the 2021 city general operating budget on Thursday which includes an increase to the mill rate property tax of 2.34 per cent. Broken down, the increase consists of two pre-approved, dedicated mill rates – 0.5 per cent of the increase will help fund future recreational infrastructure projects. That increase was […]

The Vancouver Park Board is being questioned over the $645,000 cost of a new public washroom for a city park, something other municipalities have installed for a fraction of the price.