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.
Environment Canada has ended a yellow rainfall warning for parts of Ontario.
Hanover Police Service arrested a trespasser and ended up seizing drugs from the accused after an incident on July 30.
The Jays opened their home series against the Cardinals with a win off another Dylan Cease gem.
Nine young volunteers aged 11 to 17 spent three days exploring and protecting the Lake Huron coastline during the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps' inaugural program in Grand Bend from July 21 to 23.
An no-swim advisory has been issued for Kelso Beach at Nawash Park heading into the long weekend
Wheat finished lower to end the week.
