A $1.3 billion investment by the province for new schools is welcome news for St. Thomas.
Included in Monday’s (Jan. 27) announcement was word that the city would get a second London District Catholic School Board high school, thanks to $41 million in funding.
The Ontario government is investing the funds to build 30 new schools and 15 school expansions across the province, creating more than 25,000 new student spaces and more than 1,600 new, licensed childcare spaces.
The Ministry of Education’s Capital Priorities program provides school boards across the province with an opportunity to identify their most urgent and pressing pupil accommodation needs.
Tag Archives: Elgin County Archives
Elgin’s Great War digital archives now available on line
The Elgin County Archives announces the launch of “Elgin’s Great
War: Sources on the First World War from the Holdings of the Elgin
County Archives.”
This digitization project, made possible through the financial
support of the Canadian Culture Online Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage, Library and Archives Canada and the Canadian Council of Archives, provides searchable, online access to more than 3,000 photographs, documents and objects relating to Elgin’s contributions to Canada’s First World War effort.
“The completion of this project has greatly enhanced access to
unique sources of information documenting a defining era in the
history of Canada and Elgin county and will attract a national and
international audience,” noted County of Elgin Warden Graham Warwick.
According to Elgin archivist Stephen Francom, “the success of this
project is directly attributable to the support the archives has
received from Elgin county council, the Elgin County Museum and our community partners, the 31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins), and is a testament to the excellence of the work of our project archivist, Jan Row.”
The site can be viewed by clicking on the “Explore … Our First
World War Records” link on the archives’ website
