September 2015 – Page 2 – Brockville Newswatch

New top man at Upper Canada District School Board

September 28, 2015 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – The Upper Canada District School Board announced Monday it has appointed Stephen Sliwa as its CEO and Director of Education. Sliwa has spent […]

Brockville LTC home will receive nurse practitioner this fall

September 28, 2015 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – A city long term care home will be receiving at least one new nurse practitioner as part of a provincial announcement. St. Lawrence […]

Supermoon eclipse underway

September 27, 2015 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – If you look up outside you may be able to capture an astronomical phenomenon taking place in the sky over Leeds-Grenville. The so-called […]

Joint services review suggested

September 26, 2015 Bill Kingston

Local leaders may soon take a closer look at the joint services agreement between three area municipalities and the county government. Read more here.

Sex assault figures double

September 26, 2015 Bill Kingston

The number of sexual assaults in Brockville has doubled over a year, but the city’s police chief says the situation is not as alarming as […]

College finds city doctor engaged in sex abuse

September 26, 2015 Bill Kingston

A Brockville doctor specializing in internal medicine “engaged in sexual abuse and disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct,” a disciplinary committee of the College of Physicians […]

Eau de thief; Brockville police looking for fragrance lifter

September 23, 2015 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – City police are hoping for some clues to sniff out this criminal. Officers were called to a department store in the north end […]

Supply management focus of Roebuck debate

September 23, 2015 Bill Kingston

ROEBUCK – It’s harvest time for farmers and wannabe-federal politicians were hoping to make hay with the agricultural crowd at a pre-election debate here Tuesday. Read more […]

Brockville water rates on the rise

September 23, 2015 Bill Kingston

A majority of Brockville water users will see their rates rise slightly starting next year. City council on Tuesday approved a water rate reform package, […]

Refugee fundraising urged in Brockville and area

September 22, 2015 Bill Kingston

“Little motors and engines” will start working across the community in an effort to bring as many refugees here as possible in the wake of […]