A heated debate over the issue Monday night ended in a 7-6 vote to appoint St. Andrew's Coun. Matt Harris to a regional council vacancy, but not everyone liked the way it went down.
So we almost, sort of, but not really have dual representation for St. Catharines at city hall and regional council. I know, I know. You are totally excited, because the events of Monday night's city council meeting was like watching Evel Knievel…
While he hasn't committed to making a run for chair, St. Catharines regional Councillor Bruce Timms, who will enter the next term as the longest-serving councillor, said he is considering it.
Timms says " the numbers issue misses the point,Its about how Niagara as a Team of 12 municipalities can come together as a team".
"There is no hate here, there is a duty to defend the taxpayer". The Region won't be establishing a special fund for future legal battles over police funding after all.
Niagara Regional Police officers are wondering why some members of regional council want to go to war with them. Recently, Niagara Region Coun. Bruce Timms has been spearheading the creation of a reserve fund that would see the Region set aside $200,000…
It took a while to come together, but a plan to create a "war chest" to fund Niagara Region fights against police budgets is moving forward. St. Catharines regional Coun. Bruce Timms put forth his plan for such a fund as an amendment to a staff…
Wage increases of police, firefighters and paramedics are outstripping cost of living, rate of inflation and average of other public sector workers. Ontario municipalities are struggling with the escalating cost of essential emergency services — police,…
Municipalities across Ontario need to create war chests to fund legal battles against police associations over budget requests, say Niagara Region politicians who worked the room at Tuesday's Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference. As…
NIAGARA — Bruce Timms thinks the time has come for the Region to begin assembling a war chest to prepare for future legal fights over the cost of policing in the region. The St. Catharines regional councillor, who has long been a critic of generous…
