Wallaceburg Retirement Residence – Morning Coffee

Weather forecast for Tuesday, July 3, 2018

A heat warning remains in place across Chatham-Kent.

Today – Mainly sunny. Wind becoming east 20 km/h this afternoon. High 32. Humidex 41. UV index 9 or very high.

Tonight – A few clouds. Wind east 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 22.

Snowy owl still in Wallaceburg

Despite the hot and humid weather across the region, snowy owls are still being spotted around Wallaceburg.

Photographer Butch Dompierre snapped these photos of the bird and sent them to the Sydenham Current.

The photos were snapped on July 2, just east of Wallaceburg:

National news

Ford Announces an end to Ontario’s Cap-and-Trade Carbon Tax

The new PC provincial government government will use every power available to challenge federal government’s authority to impose a carbon tax on Ontario families, individuals and small businesses.

Premier Doug Ford recently announced that his cabinet’s first act following the swearing-in of his government will be to cancel Ontario’s current cap-and-trade scheme, and challenge the federal government’s authority to impose a carbon tax on the people of Ontario.

“I made a promise to the people that we would take immediate action to scrap the cap-and-trade carbon tax and bring gas their prices down,” said Ford. “Today, I want to confirm that as a first step to lowering taxes in Ontario, the carbon tax’s days are numbered.”

Ford also announced that Ontario would be serving notice of its withdrawal from the joint agreement linking Ontario, Quebec and California’s cap-and-trade markets as well as the pro-carbon tax Western Climate Initiative.

The Premier confirmed that he has directed officials to immediately take steps to withdraw Ontario from future auctions for cap-and-trade credits.

The government will provide clear rules for the orderly wind down of the cap-and-trade program.

Finally, Ford announced that he will be issuing specific directions to his incoming attorney general to use all available resources at the disposal of the government to challenge the federal government’s authority to arbitrarily impose a carbon tax on Ontario families.

“Eliminating the carbon tax and cap-and-trade is the right thing to do and is a key component in our plan to bring your gas prices down by 10 cents per litre,” said Ford. “It also sends a clear message that things are now different. No longer will Ontario’s government answer to insiders, special interests and elites. Instead, we will now have a government for the people. Help is here.”