The LocalSKIM for Wednesday, October 6
- A new fundraising campaign has been launched to raise $1.2 million dollars out of the $50 million needed from the community to build the new West Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Grimsby. (610 CKTB)
- A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Lakeshore Catholic High School in Port Colborne after a link was noted between two cases. (610 CKTB)
- Thorold city staff will be looking at best practices from other university towns to combat street parties by Brock University students. One idea put forward suggested that permits be required in order to host parties over a certain number of guests. (Thorold Today)
- The president of the Niagara Military Museum in Niagara Falls says he would consider taking the Pte. Alexander Watson statue that currently sits on the lawn of St. Catharines City Hall if the board and the City of Niagara Falls agree. It would also depend on the cost to relocate the statue. (St. Catharines Standard)
- The integrity commissioner will be called in to investigate an incident where Coun. Carolynn Ioannoni referred to Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati as a “disgusting excuse for a mayor and human being” in a social media post. Last year, seven of the nine integrity commissioner investigations involved Ioannoni. (Niagara Falls Review)
