YEAR IN REVIEW 2023

magnitudes of 7 8 and 7 5 on the Richter scale and has claimed the life of over 41,000 people

**County Council starts the great parking debate of 2023. With the number of parking related complaints more than doubling since 2019, council approved new design guidelines to help tackle the growing problem. A more comprehensive look at the county’s plan to curb on-street parking is available online.

**Over 700 players from nearly 50 teams from across Ontario – and one from Finland (!) gathered in Paris and Burford to take part in the Paris Ringette Association’s Annual Tournament.

**As Paris continues to grow, the culture and faith of the residents in the community is diversifying Residents and local dignitaries brought greetings to the founders of Paris’ first Muslim Community Centre located on Spruce Street - The Jamia Masjid Bilal and Community Centre.

**Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) has partnered with Rocket Doctor to trial a new service giving patients an alternative option to the Emergency Department (ED), while still providing access to appropriate health services. People visiting BCHS’s ED or consulting the hospital’s website will be made aware of other alternatives, such as using Rocket Doctor’s virtual same-day appointment services to potentially prevent the need for an ED visit.

**Paris man, Logal Barrett, travels to Istanbul to aid with rescue and recovery efforts following a major earthquake that rocked Turkey and parts of Syria in the early hours of February 6th . Logan went over with Operation Orphan, a humanitarian group based in the United Kingdom. He’s part of the Crisis Response Team whose responsibilities will be to protect vulnerable children who could be displaced, separated from family, or orphaned following the devastating earthquake that registered

March

**Paris Panthers Boys’ Hockey Team beats Hanover 4-2 during C.W.O.S.S.A playoffs and advances to O.F.S.A.A. They went on to finish with the fourth best record in Ontario.

**The Provincial government provides the County of Brant with $280,774 in gas tax funding to help improve local transit services

**Orlando Corporation

(https://www.orlandocorp.com/index.php) has made one of the largest land acquisitions of the new year, buying a 350.4-acre tract of land from Vicano.

The site sits just outside the community of Paris in an area bounded by Hwy. 403, Powerline Road, Rest Acres Road and Cleaver Road.

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