Perth-Wellington MP John Nater proposes slowing the flow of media Bill C-18

Posted on by Colin Burrowes

Bill C-18, an act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada, was the focus of discussion in the House of Commons on May 13. The Bill is intended to protect news media who currently have their work pilfered by online platforms such as Google and Facebook without proper compensation.

Nater moved that the motion be amended to read that Bill C-18  be “not now read a second time but that the Order be discharged, the Bill withdrawn and the subject matter thereof referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.”

North Perth proud reluctantly includes Pride flag

Posted on by Colin Burrowes

Clerk Lindsay Cline brought forward a report to council on May 16 that proposed making changes to the municipality’s policy on raising flags and recommended flying a Pride flag provided by Stratford-Perth Pride at the municipal office from June 1 to June 30.

Deputy Mayor Doug Kellum, Coun. Terry Seiler, and Coun. Dave Johnston voted against flying the Pride flag, but the motion passed 7-3.

Minto Pride excited to return to in-person events

Posted on by Colin Burrowes

People are beginning to gather again, and Minto Pride is excited to host in-person events for the first time since its inaugural Pride celebrations in 2019.

The first event of Pride month will be a drag show by Lavender Promotions at the Crown in Harriston on June 11.

Then, June 12 brings the return of Pride in The Park in Palmerston from noon until 2 pm.

University of Waterloo grads engineer Friendlier packaging ‘because the planet isn’t single-use’

Posted on by Colin Burrowes

Jacquie Hutchings and Kayli Dale, two chemical engineering graduates with a passion for environmental sustainability, cofounded Friendlier, a packaging company that would be friendlier to our planet “because the planet isn’t single-use.”

They met at the University of Waterloo, and became inseparable through late-night study sessions, lab experiments that went wrong, and dreaming up crazy ideas to solve problems they saw in their everyday lives.