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Library Database Spotlight: World Book Online Makes Teaching Easier

World Book Online is the perfect tool for pre- and emergent readers to explore independently or learn with an adult. Developed with experts on early childhood education, Early Learning is designed for preschool students with tools and content that reinforce early childhood curriculum via short videos, read-aloud stories, printable activities, […]

Travel

Snowbird Report Card Reveals Most Provinces Breaching Canada Health Act

As the busy winter travel season ramps up, Canadian travellers are being reminded that, in most cases, their health coverage does not follow them abroad. Only the Canadian territories and the province of Prince Edward Island are obeying the requirement of the Canada Health Act to provide portable universal health care for the more […]

Business Consumer News

BBB Tip: Shop Safe And Shop Smart This Holiday Season

The 2023 holiday shopping season promises to be an unpredictable one.  High inflation rates and increased prices of consumer goods are already throwing a wrench into holiday shopping. Electronics, toys, and other products will be (or already are) in short supply, and retailers are struggling to staff up as the shopping season nears. Just like in 2022, […]

Education

Eight Out Of Ten Provinces Record Increases In Per Student Spending

Despite common misperceptions, education spending, specifically per student spending in public schools across Canada increased in 8 of ten provinces between 2012-13 and 2020-21, finds a new study published by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Contrary to what we often hear, spending is on the […]

Education

Back-To-School: Helping Kids Learn About Privacy

The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has released four new classroom-ready lesson plans to help educators teach students in grades two through eight about privacy rights, digital literacy, and online safety, just in time for back-to-school. These free lesson plans prepared by MediaSmarts, Canada’s Centre for Digital Media Literacy, in collaboration with the IPC, include […]

History

Bygone Days – The Kingsville Bingo Palace

This Kingsville Bingo Palace, which stood at 40 Main Street West, closed its doors in 2003 after owner Robert Dowd could not negotiate a new lease agreement.  Dowd’s business was also facing an additional obstacle — new legislation that would restrict smoking in public and work places. The Kingsville Bingo […]

Arts

Leamington Arts Centre Offers Coveted Naming Rights Sponsorships

The Leamington Arts Centre is offering coveted naming rights sponsorships to individuals, businesses, and organizations Residents and businesses in Windsor-Essex and beyond are invited to participate in the Leamington Arts Centre’s (LAC) Naming Rights Sponsorship Opportunities Program. The LAC is offering highly coveted naming rights sponsorship opportunities to businesses, organizations, […]

Canadian News Technology

Canada Welcomes More Than 32,000 Tech Workers Over Past 12 Months

The Technology Councils of North America (TECNA) and Canada’s Tech Network have released Tech Workforce Trends: The Migration of Tech Workers and Tech Jobs Since The Pandemic, a new report exploring globalization and migration of tech occupations in Canada. The findings highlight that between April 2022 and March 2023, 32,115 new workers came to Canada with […]

Arts

TRUE Kingsville’s Art Walk Project

TRUE Kingsville is a not-for-profit organization created in January of 2021 and guided by a community based, volunteer Board of Directors. TRUE Kingsville is dedicated to promoting Kingsville Tourism & Cultural Enrichment by forging partnerships with community groups, businesses and the Town of Kingsville. TRUE Kingsville is excited to announce […]