News from Niagara, Ontario’s Regional Government
(A Brief Forward Note from Niagara At Large publisher Doug Draper – The question is – Why did the Region’s Caslin administration allow crews of low-paid garbage and recycling waste collectors go out this Monday, February 16th in the first place. Why, when weather specialists all over Ontario and Western New York have been forecasting “dangerous cold” conditions through this past weekend and going into Monday and humane societies have warned pet owners not to put their dogs and cats out in weather like this?
Of course, we are in to a far harsher, more mean-spirited regional council than we have had in the past, with key members of that council down on regional staff. Yet, that should still not serve as a reason for sending waste collectors ought in polar conditions like this. Shame on the neo-con Caslin administration for allowing it to happen.)
Should the crews working these waste collection trucks be required to work in record cold temperatures meteorolists call “dangerous?”
NIAGARA REGION, Feb. 16, 2015 – Garbage and recycling collection in Niagara is experiencing delays due to extreme cold weather. Collection will continue until 4 p.m. today, however some residents will not have their materials collected today. Residents are advised to bring in any materials that were not collected by 4 p.m. today.
Residents who did not have their garbage and recycling collected today should have their materials to the curbside no later than 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17 for collection.
Residents are reminded that garbage and recycling bins should be visible and accessible to the collectors. Garbage and recycling bins should not be placed in or on top of snow banks. In some cases it may be necessary to clear an area of snow in order to safely place materials at the curbside for collection.
For more information on waste collection please visit the Region’s website at www.niagararegion.ca or call the Waste-Info-Line at 905-356-4141 or 1-800-594-5542.
(A Brief Foreword from Niagara At Large publisher Doug Draper – If the slap down the Niagara chapter of the Victorian Order of Nurses took from those administering this region’s Community Care Access Centre
Niagara At Large 
Monday was Family Day here in Ontario and Presidents Day in the States. Monday was alsoo the coldest day on record for our region in 140 years. Garbage collection could have waited for another couple of days. The consideration given to outside workers was disgusting, to say the least.
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