YEAR IN REVIEW 2023

and crew have a lot of reasons to celebrate following two sold out shows and four standing ovations. Meredith Wood and Sean Hauk were the stars of the show as Mary Poppins and Bert. Mary Poppins is based on the beloved movie starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Everyone who took part in the production, both on stage and off, are said to be grateful for the wonderful responses from the incredible audiences (pictured below).

**The Paris District High School Girls Varsity Rugby team is CWOSSA bound, despite its first loss of the season against BCI in the A.A.B.H.N finals. The girls played a hard-fought 12-7 game against BCI who claimed its 13th straight A A B H N title **“I never dreamed this would happen, I really am honoured,” Jay Wells told a crowd of over 100 people who gathered May 26th for the official opening of the Jay Wells Park located off Scenic Ridge Gate in Paris. He encouraged kids to dream big because you never know what will happen Jay attended the opening with his family (left to right) Stephanie Wells,

**Brant County councillors are not sold on the idea of federal funding if it means rapidly building more houses than we are already rapidly building. This discussion took place during the May 16th Administration and Operations Committee meeting as members discussed the federal government’s National Housing Strategy and a new funding opportunity available to municipalities who are willing to hit the gas pedal and speed up residential development Councillor Steve Howes noted this plan goes against the previous council’s commitment four years ago of tapping the brakes when it comes to development and residential growth. “This would be putting our foot on the gas,” he said. Do you think this was the right decision? Share your opinion by email and we’ll publish it in an upcoming edition.

**That’s a wrap! Mary Poppins has flown out of town as Playful Fox Productions celebrates the finale of another successful weekend of performances The cast

**Changes to the Provincial Planning Statement could open the door to residential development on agricultural lands County of Brant could lose 7,700 acres of scarce agricultural land, if approved. It’s a devastating blow for agricultural and environmental activists who are urging the government to reconsider plans to revoke the Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Plan which will be replaced by this revised Provincial Planning Statement (PPS). There’s a lot of modifications under the PPS, which received its first reading in legislature in early April, and a majority of the modifications are in place to drive the government’s agenda to push more growth in Ontario’s largest and fast-growing municipalities to create 1.5 million homes over the next 10 years.

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