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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Homebuilder donation to fund Pockdown Family Day, egg delivery, & more
David Wilson Homes Yorkshire East has donated £1,500 to Pocklington Rugby in the Community (Image: Supplied) Pocklington Rugby in the Community has received a £1,500 donation from David Wilson Homes Yorkshire East, to help with tackling social isolation. The funds will support three initiatives in 2025: an Easter egg delivery for vulnerable community members, the annual Pockdown Family Day, and the Local Volunteer Awards. Chris French, vice chairman at Pocklington Rugby in the Community, said: "Our charity isn't just about sport, it's about making everyone in Pocklington feel included within our community. "We're so grateful to David Wilson Homes Yorkshire East for their kind donation towards our 2025 activities." ADVERTISEMENT The donation was made "in alignment" with Barratt Developments Community Fund. David Wilson Homes is currently building its Wolds View development, which is situated less than a mile from the headquarters of Pocklington Rugby in the Community. More information about the Wolds View development is available at
E&E News
07-05-2025
- Politics
- E&E News
‘Staggering' cuts leave Forest Service seeking outside help
The Forest Service has lost a quarter of its non-fire-related workforce to the Trump administration's downsizing, further eroding the agency's ability to care for the country's 193 million acres of national forest. The updated statistic, provided by acting Associate Chief Chris French at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Tuesday, illustrates the impact the Forest Service has seen from workforce reductions this year and offers hints about challenges heading into wildfire season. In total, the Forest Service has seen around 5,000 people take voluntary departures, including through a deferred resignation offer that allows workers to quit and be paid through September. That number doesn't include wildland firefighters, who weren't allowed to take the offer. Advertisement It also doesn't include some employees older than 40 who have until later this month to decide on leaving voluntarily, according to Forest Service employees familiar with the plan. But it could include probationary employees who were fired earlier this year, then reinstated and put on administrative leave.
CTV News
02-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Mayor calls on residents to litter less ahead of Cape Breton's big spring cleanup
The annual Great Cape Breton Clean Up takes place Saturday with hundreds of people coming together with volunteer fire departments to pick up as much trash as possible. On Friday, a few people got a head start. 'Geez, we're finding everything', said Chris French, a member of the not-for-profit organization Pathways to Employment. He was picking up garbage along Sydney Port Access Road (SPAR) in Sydney, N.S. 'Pop cans, plastic, bottles, paper, wrappers, packages.' The amount of garbage left each year after the snow melts got the attention of the Mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), Cecil Clarke. He said this should be a matter of self-respect for the community. 'You go to a community like Cheticamp, N.S., and you don't find a single wrapper on the ground', said Clarke. 'It's civic pride, and we want to establish civic pride here.' 'We can't be attracting people and saying we're the number one island destination to come to if we're not a clean, green community as well.' Pathways to Employment isn't participating in the weekend cleanup with the rest of the community but members said it was important to contribute. 'It's wonderful for my heart', said JJ Stone. 'It's wonderful for the guys too. It makes us really happy. Every car that goes by beeps to us, we feel really happy about it.' Clarke said CBRM's residents are partly responsible for the 'significant' trash problem but government needs to crack down on offenders and provide more tools. 'We are going to be putting a concerted effort into more public education as well as enforcement, but also we have to increase our capacity for people to have more disposal opportunities with proper containment', Clarke said. 'We'll be working with our fast-food industry in the coming months.' Saturday's Great Cape Breton Clean Up runs from 9 a.m. until noon. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
