Queen's Park News

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers is pleased his Private Members’ Motion in support of medical isotopes passed the Ontario Legislature unanimously Tuesday evening. The motion read: “That, in the opinion of this House, medical isotopes should be formally recognized by the Government of Ontario in its life sciences and commercialization strategy because of their crucial role in medical research, the projected expansion of the global isotopes market and Ontario's potential for international recognition.”  Byers noted in his remarks to the Legislature that...

On Saturday, June 24, local MPP Rick Byers met with the team at the Georgian Bay School of the Arts (GB Arts) to hear more about the $98,900 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) that was used to upgrade the tools and equipment that had been donated and purchased second hand in their pottery, printmaking, jewellery, glass, and textile studios. The grant was awarded in late 2022, and the project will be completed at the end...