BlackburnNews.com photoHowick Township council has voted in-favour of a pay increase for their volunteer firefighters.
Council approved the motion that will see firefighters get a 2.6 per cent increase in 2015.
The move will match the firefighters with all other township employees, who will see their pay raised to match the latest Ontario consumer price index.
According to staff, this is the first pay increase volunteers firefighters in Howick have seen since the department was founded back in 2009.
Alan Smith will begin his new role with the municipality on July 20.
Farms, nurseries, cafés, a distillery, and other local businesses will be welcoming people who take part in this year's Taste Real's Spring Rural Romp.
Council for the Municipality of Brockton is relocating the pilot from Lobies Park to the Rail Trail
They were produced during an intense storm last Saturday afternoon.
Dust off those handlebars and pump up those tires because cycling season is officially upon us! If your trusty two-wheeler is looking a bit more "rusty" than "ready," the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library has just the thing to get you back on the road safely.
OPP are asking if the public saw anything on Sunday morning
