The LocalSKIM for Tuesday, June 30 – Local Skim St. Catharines

The City of Thorold has decided to cancel it’s Canada Day celebrations in light of the discovering of unmarked graves at two residential schools. (Thorold News)
The owners of the former GM site on Ontario Street has presented a plan to prevent PCBs from entering a municipal storm sewer, which has been approved by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks. It will likely take some time before the problem is completely fixed. (St. Catharines Standard)
A Leger poll commissioned by Postmedia found that the vast majority of Canadians disagree with cancelling Canada Day as only 14 per cent of Canadians back some move to eliminate the national holiday. According to the poll, most Canadians surveyed said they intended to celebrate Canada Day. (National Post)