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Funding announced for water studies
Water studies — Huron -Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell and Larry Brown, chairper-
son of the Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Committee (SPC)
last week announced provincial funding for water protection studies. (photo/sub-
mitted)
TORONTO — On April 10 the province
announced funding of $838,000 for
technical studies for drinking water
source protection planning in the
Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source
Protection Region over the next five
years.
"This funding will enable this region to
compile the best technical information
possible in order to prepare risk assess-
ments and plans that will help safe-
guard our municipal drinking water
sources," said Larry Brown, chairperson
of the Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley
Source Protection Committee (SPC).
"This announcement underlines the
provincial government's commitment to
keeping our drinking water clean and
gives our area the stable funding neces-
sary to do our job effectively."
It was also announced that the
Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority
will receive $1.6 million in funding for
the Saugeen, Grey Sauble and Northern
Bruce Peninsula Source Protection
Region.
"Ontario is taking real steps to protect
drinking water sources now and for
future generations," said Huron -Bruce
MPP Carol Mitchell.
"This funding will be instrumental in
continuing that work in Huron -Bruce."
The local funding announcements are
part of an additional $23 million invest-
ment by Ontario to assist Source
Protection Authorities and municipali-
ties complete technical studies neces-
sary to prepare Source Protection Plans
to minimize risks and add additional
protective barriers to local municipal
drinking water sources.
Source protection is an effort to com-
bine technical knowledge and planning
by local people to further safeguard
drinking water from Ontario lakes and
groundwater by adding additional pro-
tective barriers to prevent their contam-
Province announces fundingPOLICE BRIEF
Over 6 000
stolen from
cottage
HURON — Huron -Bruce
MPP Carol Mitchell
announced last week
$3,420,800 in new funding
for hospitals in her riding.
This cash flow is part of a
$667.2 million provincial
increase, or 4.9
per cent, over last
year.
South Huron
Hospital will
receive $27,000 in
the fund.
According to a
press release, the funding
increase means new beds,
more surgeries, lower wait
times and improved access
to family health care for res-
idents in Huron -Bruce.
This new investment
includes:
• Funding to help increase
access to hospital services in
Ontario's fastest growing
communities;
• New or expanded ser-
vices, including additional
beds, in newly renovated or
South H
Hospital
receive $
in the fu
developed hospitals;
• More surgeries, more
MRIs and more CT scans as
part of Ontario's Wait Time
Strategy;
• Sustaining services to
meet communities with
unique needs,
such as geograph-
ic isolation and a
smaller population
base.
$30 million in
funding will be
provided to
increase access to hospitals
in Ontario's fastest growing
communities. The distribu-
tion of this funding will be
determined by Ontario's 14
Local Health Integration
Networks.
The funding is broken
down as follows:
• South Huron Hospital
received $27,000;
• Clinton Public Hospital
received $258,400, which
includes $223,500 for the
wait time funding;
uron
will
27,000
nd.
• Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital received
$63,200;
• Kincardine Hospital
received $58,300;
• Grey Bruce Health
Service, which includes
Southampton Hospital,
received $2,941,300;
• Seaforth Community
Hospital received $26,600;
• Wingham and District
Hospital received $46,000.
An additional $170 million
will be allocated to hospitals
later in 2008-2009, making
the overall increase 6.1 per
cent for this fiscal year.
"These investments will
ensure the citizens of
Huron -Bruce are getting the
care they deserve," said
Mitchell. "The quality and
level of care provided at our
hospitals ultimately helps to
reduce wait times for
patients and increase access
to family health care."
$ 100,000 -plus list grows
By Stew Slater
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES -ADVOCATE
SEAFORTH — Ever since Ontario's Public
Sector Salary Disclosure Act was enacted in
1996 requiring the publication of the names
of all public servants earning over $100,000
per year, there has been a trend for an
increased number of names to be made
public every year.
And that continues in 2008.
"For the first time, principals have started
showing up on this list," commented Avon
Maitland District School Board director of
education Geoff Williams March 31, after
the release of the board's $100,000 -plus
club for this year.
In the case of the Avon Maitland board,
the annual Salary Disclosure list has gone
from including just one name — that of
Williams' predecessor in the director of
education post — to including the names of
several superintendents. Now, in 2008, it
also includes 26 principals and one vice
principal.
The director of education still tops the
payroll, with Williams — who's set to retire
effective September 2008 — earning
$165,822.
Williams noted, however, that the provin-
cial government is considering revisiting the
$100,000 figure as a threshold for public
disclosure. Inflation in the cost of living,
particularly in large urban areas but also
elsewhere in the province, demands that
pay scales must steadily increase.
"In a board like Toronto, for instance,
you're now getting enormous lists out of the
(Salary Disclosure) report," Williams
explained.
LAMBTON SHORES —
Sometime between Dec. 20
and April 12, thieves
broke into a locked shed at
a seasonal cottage on
Cedar View Drive. Stolen
from the shed were sever-
al pieces of gardening
equipment and an ATV.
The estimated value of the
items stolen is $6,330.
ination or depletion.
An SPC has been formed locally with
broad-based municipal and community
membership to prepare Source
Protection Plans in accordance with the
Clean Water Act of 2006.
The technical studies made possible by
the funding will provide communities
with a clearer picture of their water
supply, how it's replenished and what
could threaten the quality of their
water.
The information from these studies
will help the committee design plans
and actions to reduce or eliminate sig-
nificant drinking water threats and
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