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Updates to traffic and parking bylaw restrict parking on portion of Pelissier Street among other changes GALEN SIMMONS Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Following recent requests by residents to have the town restrict street parking along a portion of Pelissier Street, St. Marys council has approved several amendments to the town’s traffic, parking and boulevard maintenance bylaw, one of which directly addresses those requests. At the Nov. 26 St. Marys council meet-
ing, town clerk Jenna McCartney presented an update to the traffic and parking bylaw that, after it was approved by council, officially incorporated several housekeeping and other changes approved by council in recent months. One of those changes, McCartney told council, will result in the town removing street parking along both sides of Pelissier Street from Queen Street West to Grahlyn Avenue.
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With more than 560 children currently on the waiting list for child care in St. Marys, there doesn’t seem to be any clear or immediate solutions for increasing the town’s child-care staffing or spaces. At the Nov. 26 council meeting, director of community services Stephanie Ische shared the results of staff efforts to find creative ways to expand local child-care capacity as directed by council earlier this year. “As council is aware, we have a large waitlist. Those numbers are not going down,” Ische said. “Currently, our numbers (for November) are 564, so the numbers continue to grow, they don’t go down. We know that it’s available in our community, we know it’s a great program to have and we know people are very passionate about it. We try our best to accommodate as many people as we can, but of course, we can only do so much.” According to the staff report to council, solving the child-care problem in St. Marys is not as simple as building additional childcare spaces. Even if there were adequate physical spaces available for children, the region faces a staffing shortage of registered early childhood educators (RECE) to adequately staff the child-care centres. Ac-
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