Posts Tagged ‘low income families’

Manitouwadge Christmas Hamper Applications

Manitouwadge Christmas Hamper Applications

MANITOUWADGE, ON – Local residents applying for a CHRISTMAS HAMPER  from the Manitouwadge Food Bank can pick up an application at the Food Bank during regular hours , Wednesdays beginning October 10th through to November 14th (with the exception of October 31st, food bank closed; see [Read more]

Helping Make Post-secondary Education More Affordable

Helping Make Post-secondary Education More Affordable

Ontario Encouraging Students to Apply For 30% Off Tuition Grant Ontario is helping college and university students save 30 per cent off their tuition for the 2014-15 school year. The value of the grant has increased annually to keep pace with tuition costs. This year, students in degree programs [Read more]

Tax Changes Give Ontario Businesses Opportunities to Grow

Tax Changes Give Ontario Businesses Opportunities to Grow

July 2, 2010 10:30 AM Toronto Business Has Plans To Pass On Savings With Lower Prices Ontario businesses opened their doors to a new era of growth and prosperity. By modernizing an out of date, 50-year old tax system, Ontario is providing tax cuts to families and businesses and implementing the [Read more]

HST Boosts Economy

HST Boosts Economy

Creating Jobs For Ontario Families McGuinty Government’s Open Ontario Plan Helps Families Get Ahead The Harmonized Sales Tax is now in effect – and that means a stronger economy with more competitive businesses that create more jobs for hard-working Ontario families. In more than 140 [Read more]

HST Begins With a Bang on Canada Day

HST Begins With a Bang on Canada Day

Fireworks celebrations on July 1st do not escape Harmonized Sales Tax THUNDER BAY – Canada Day celebrations this year will have a little less bang for the buck as the Harper-McGuinty HST will make it more expensive to buy even fireworks.  It’s a fitting start to how this unfair tax shift will [Read more]

Area businesses benefit from HST Seminar

Area businesses benefit from HST Seminar

Area Businesses Benefit from Manitouwadge HST Seminar by Karina Hunter Monday, June 7th a full house packed Township of Manitouwadge Council Chambers as service organizations representatives and business owners, having come from as far as Dubreuilville, attended an HST Information Seminar at the [Read more]

Spring Newsletter from Michael Gravelle

Spring Newsletter from Michael Gravelle

Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Michael Gravelle’s office was receiving many calls regarding the new Harmonized Sales Tax.  In response to this, Gravelle’s Spring Newsletter focuses on answering questions about the HST and how it affects constituents of his riding; it also includes some [Read more]

Is your HST cheque in the mail?

Is your HST cheque in the mail?

HST cheque may be in the mail but Ontario residents are not expecting it More than 80 per cent of Ontarians are unsure or not expecting to receive the HST transitional benefit TORONTO, June 7 /CNW/ – More than 6.6 million Ontario households will receive the HST Transitional Benefit payment [Read more]

HST Cuts Red Tape

HST Cuts Red Tape

HST Cuts Red Tape, Creates Jobs June 4, 2010 2:15 PM McGuinty Government Making It Easier To Do Business Ontario is cutting red tape as part of its plan to create jobs and grow the economy. It will eliminate over 5,000 pages of outdated rules, regulations and operating procedures by implementing [Read more]

HST Seminar in Manitouwadge

HST Seminar in Manitouwadge

Township of Manitouwadge Economic Development will be hosting an HST Seminar Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 6:30 pm @ Township of Manitouwadge Council Chambers This seminar will explain how the Harmonized Sales Tax works. Topics Covered in the HST Seminar: Help you understand the differences and [Read more]

Ontario’s Tax Plan – H.S.T.

Ontario’s Tax Plan – H.S.T.

McGuinty Government Gives Businesses More Reasons To Invest In Ontario   Ontario’s tax plan will create more jobs for Ontario families and make the province one of the most tax-competitive jurisdictions in the industrialized world for new business investment. This message was delivered today [Read more]

Teens help Food Bank

Teens help Food Bank

  Students help Food Bank by Karina Hunter  contagious and the teens worked diligently to attend to errands given them by Baye and the other food bank volunteers who clearly enjoy their work; in under two hours, the tasks, which seemed insurmountable at the beginning of the day, had been [Read more]

Neighbours in need

Neighbours in need

  What if it were your child? by Karina Hunter When was the last time you gave to the Neighbour to Neighbour Food Bank? Are you aware that there are people within our community who depend on help from the food bank to make ends meet? In difficult economic times and with recent job losses [Read more]

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