Kitchener has taken an important first step. It’s imperative that other municipalities follow because, somehow, we’ve taken our eyes off the housing ball over the past several decades, writes Mike Farwell.
Premier Doug Ford says the Region of Waterloo’s plan to buy a large tract of farmland in Wilmot for an unidentified industrial project is part of a broader provincial strategy to ready sites for development, but one aspect of the proposed deal “doesn’t sit well” with him.
The Ontario government released the Sunshine List for 2023 as the top local wage earner in the region last year was Grand River Hospital CEO Ron Gagnon who took home $585,694.56.