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Geoff Tesson
The government of Ontario has announced its intention to grant University degree-granting status to The Northern Ontario School of Medicine and the College Universaire de Hearst.
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While Ross Romano, the minister of Colleges and Universities, presents this move as a natural evolution to a state of maturity, it is anything but that. I have no comment on the Hearst situation other than that the small faculty at Hearst has done an outstanding job under difficult circumstances of bringing high quality university level education to francophone students in the north. I do not know whether they view university status as helping them further their mandate, but I wish them well.
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EPA and thousand dollar cigarette
A burning cigarette butt dropped beside a road at Scoresby has cost a Wantirna man $1,000 after Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) took him to court for littering.
EPA points out that a burning cigarette butt is not just litter, it creates a fire hazard. The Ringwood Magistrates’ Court fined the man $500 and ordered him to pay another $500 to cover EPA’s legal costs.
Accused man Bryce Davey failed to appear in court, on a charge of depositing litter, contrary to Section 45E(1)(a) of the Environment Protection Act 1970.
The court heard that the offence took place on Wednesday, 15 January 2020, at approximately 4:15 pm on Eastlink, at Scoresby. EPA charged the man after a member of the public reported the littering, using the EPA Report Litter app on a smart phone.
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