by Angela Trewartha | Oct 21, 2024 | Top Stories
October 21,2024 MARKHAM, ON – At their meeting in Markham on Friday, Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) elected new members to their executive committee. Mayor Alex Nuttall of Barrie was elected Vice-Chair, Mayor Elizabeth Roy of Whitby was named Secretary and...
by Angela Trewartha | Aug 20, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
August 20th, 2024 OTTAWA – Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) were pleased to take part in this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s (AMO) Conference in Ottawa along with municipal, regional, provincial and federal partners, as AMO celebrates 125...
by Angela Trewartha | Aug 8, 2024 | Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
August 8, 2024 Visit www.solvethecrisis.ca for more information TORONTO – There is a humanitarian crisis happening on our streets. An unprecedented number of Ontarians are homeless, living in encampments and other unsafe spaces, and too many are dying from...
by Angela Trewartha | Jun 18, 2024 | In the News, Uncategorized
Ontario’s housing construction sector saw a glimmer of good news in May as the province saw an uptick in homes being built, even as municipalities complain that the agency responsible for keeping track of the data is undercounting new...
by Angela Trewartha | Jun 17, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
June 17, 2024 CHATHAM-KENT, ON – Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) are calling on all levels of government to take immediate action on homelessness, mental health and addictions. At their meeting in Chatham-Kent, OBCM’s member mayors worked together to update...
