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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26,2017 *1 wmrrr, in Port Colborne/Wainfleet Power Election reform 17 Years in a Row! Over 40 items outage stings considered FRANK RUZYCKII I in our Buffet including REAL ESTATE 1 §i hot & cold choices Local businesses feel impact. Changes to regional councillor elections. 905-834-7653 D^t J Page 2 Page 3 GwmamSellYOURHomeM Kncc /ArAlnKSAC »D@ ow1n4t9o wCnla Preonrct eC Soltbreoernt e PortCoiborneHomes.com WainlleetHomes.com INPORT^iNEWS SERVING PORT COLBORNE ■ WAINFLEET • SHERKSTON • LOWBANKS Mist shopping 2 ■ INPORT NEWS ■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017 Outage zaps businesses College students really on their game THURSDAY, JANUARY 26,2017 ■ INPORT NEWS ■ 3 LOCALNEWS Election reform approved Region’s thumb’s up the ward and at the Region.” Sendzik said the current sys¬ tem is broken. “It excludes people that work full-time during the day. (The new way) won't exclude people. It will include people, looking forward to that,” CEBOOK 4 ■ INPORT NEWS ■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017 INPORT'A^NEWS 10-1P uSbt.l iPshauedl Sbty., ISntP. oCrat tNheawrisn,e Ps,o Ostnmtaerdiioa, LC2oRrp 4. L7 Johnw Teolblaonnd, .Gtrriobuupn eA@dvseurntmisiendgi aD.cirae ctor [7J1 POSTMEDIA Tel: 905-732-2414 Fax:905-732-3660 Angus Scott, Managing Editor I’ve been thinking God is for us For further information, contact Greg Furminger. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Copyright in letters and other material submitted to the publisher and accepted for publication remains with the author, but the publisher and its licensees may freely reproduce them in print, electronic or other form. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26,2017 ■ INPORT NEWS NOFRILLS Home prices, won’t be beat homelessness rising Thursday Jan 26 to Wednesday Feb 1,2017 ALLAN BENNER time finding housing," she Postmedia Network As the cost of housing con¬ overall In the cost of rental tinues to increase across Nia¬ units. We know that find¬ gara, the number of homeless ing rental units is becom¬ people is also increasing. ing increasingly difficult. The YWCA executive director Elisabeth Zimmermann fears declining, as well as the costs the problem is becoming a are escalating.” She said property values "We have seen a tremen¬ have increased across the dous increase in the need for service," said Zimmermann, the rental market. who was at city council last Niagara housing prices wtheee pkr oinb lWeme.l land discussing jpuemr cpeendt lbasyt yaena ra,v ceormagpea roefd 1 to8 RED SEEDLESS GRAPES YWCA, which operates about eight per cent in 2015. product of South Africa or Chile, sSht. eCltaetrhsa irnin Nesi aagsa wrae lFl aalsls t raann¬d abcyc ootmhemr soodcaiatilo snesrv picreo vagideen¬d TNhiaeg laeraas ta reex pceunrrseivnetl rye anbtso iunt product of Chile, no. 1 grade no. 1 grade sitional and supportive hous¬ cies, Zimmermann said the $750 a month. ing programs throughout Nia¬ YWCA’s accommodations In comparison, a single per¬ gara, is the largest provider of "have been gridlocked since son receives approximately emergency shelter for home- probably, I would say, the $650 a month in support pay- in the region. "We’re starting to see that But along with emergency people are having a harder Story continued on Page 6 BARTLETT or B0SC PEARS product of U.S.A, extra fancy grade AprTodAuUctL oFf0 P eMruA NGOS AprVodOuCctA oDf MOeSx ico Whites’ Insurance Broker is happy to present Trevor Kelba and Kristyn Gillespie with their Brent & Jenny's NoFrills $2000 Travel Voucher as the Winner of Whites’ “Be Our Guest” contest. 53 West Side Rd., (Jo/iy/'a/ff/a/io/irS £/reoor andk c/avW////t.' Port Colborne INPORT NEWS ■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017 LOOK IN THURSDAY’S PAPER FOR YOUR M&M FLYER! Cheap, decent housing rare sight u on Ontario Disability (Sup¬ It’s becoming more and more unaffordable for pliottrlte Pbriotg mraomre), othf eay c hhaavnec ea people to stay housed. If they’re on Ontario because their income's a little Disability (Support Program), they have a b$1it, 0h0ig0 hae mr. oTnhthey."' re in around little bit more of a chance because their As a result, she said, peo¬ income’s a little bit higher. They’re in around pdelec ecnatn hnoouts ianfgf.o"r d "safe and $1,000 a month.” "So what ends up hap- Elisabeth Zimmermann NEW YEAR NEW YOU! To obtain additional information or to book your FREE consultation THURSDAY, JANUARY 26,2017 ■ INPORT NEWS Welland welcome signs need improvement: John Chiocchio ALLAN BENNER Chiocchio said he'd like to see Postmedia Network some of the outdated and deterio¬ rated signs removed entirely, and Welland's welcome signs aren't other signs installed with up-to- welcoming enough for Ward 3 Coun. date population data based on the John Chiocchio. 2016 census. He wants the city and Niagara "I'm asking city staff to review Region to take a look at the condition that with the Region, to get the cor¬ of die signs and address conflicting rect numbers," he said. Ward 1 Coun. Leo Van Vliet said he'd also like to see solar-powered cillors last Tuesday that one sign on LED lights added to the signs. Webber Road "looks like it was hit "The sign on Woodlawn Road, by a car" and just set back up on the while it's a gorgeous sign that sits side of the road at a 45-degree angle. there on the island, you can't see it That sign says the city's population at night," he said, referring to a gate¬ is 50,300. way sign installed in 2007 by the Another sign on Prince Charles Drive says Welland's population is mentArea. 51,000. There is no electrical service near Two other signs, on East Main the sign that incorporates a repre¬ Street and elsewhere on Prince sentation of a bridge into its design, Charles Drive, both say the city's but Van Vliet said solar panel and population is 50,631 — which is cor¬ LED lighting could be used to shed rect, based on the 2011 census data. some light on that sign. He said the signs are also in poor "I see no reason why we couldn't condition. go in that direction," he said. "When you drive up to them, Ward 3 Coun. John Mastroianni they're an eyesore,” he said. suggested getting a cost estimate for Other signs, he added, look like sign replacements, and considering "antiques that you could sell on it as part of the 2018 budget. INPORT NEWS ■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017 GIANT TIGER BUDGET *1 STRETCH EP$ SAVE 1.59 LIMIT OF 4 PRICES IN EFFECT Rej 2.59 ' JANUARY 25-31,2017 WHILE QUANTITIES LAST. 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