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Grimsby Kinettes graduated its 50th anniversary class from its babysitting course last month. The program was hosted at Grimsby Fire Department’s Station 1. On hand on graduation night were firefighter Ryan Newton, far left, and Kinettes Tracy Spalding, to his left, and Barb Gresko, far right. Graduates, in no particular order were: Amber VanSoelen, Olivia Stackhouse,
Kiera Deklerk, Ava D’Addazio, Mikaleigh Kosh, Nadia Talukdar, Aiden Talukdar, Tanner Weiss, Bronwyn Glassco, Mackenzie Topp, Adam Buitenwerf, Caleigh Middaugh, Jordan Reid, Marcus Cardozo, Jasmine Benard, Sydney MacDonald, Carter Ferrell. Absent- Noah Ollmann. Niagara Regional Police also took part in the program. Submitted photo
Inn operator found guilty of charges Escarpment Inn and Residences owner fined $27,000-plus for 2014 infractions By Mike Williscraft NewsNow The operator of a west Grimsby facility has been found guilty of several infractions and fined a total of $27,000, plus a 25 per cent victim surcharge. The operator of the Escarpment Inn and Residences, Elder Life Care, located at 575-577 Main St. W. was found guilty in proceedings at the Fort Erie provincial courthouse on Feb. 6. The owner was convicted for: • failing to provide a fire safety plan, which resulted in a fine of $7500;
• failing to comply with a inspection order, which resulted in a fine of $10,000, and; • The corporation of the property was convicted of failing to comply with an inspection order, which resulted in a fine of $10,000. The infractions came about as a result of matters which arose in March 2015. NewsNow covered a series of stories dealing with operator’s handling of evictions for a large group of tenants at the site. Grimsby Fire Department laid several Provincial Offences charges under the Fire Code and Fire Protection and Prevention Act.
In years immediately previous to this incident the department had engaged in a process to update safety strategies in three key property categories: seniors residences, multiresidential units and the downtown core. At the time of its inspection of the property, Grimsby Fire found several issues which needed attention, including a lack of working fire alarm system. It was reported at the time that, under order by the Grimsby Fire Department to install working smoke alarms, the land owner instead See FINES, Page 2