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Miami Herald
5 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
Jet Food Stores Expands Step ‘n Wash Installations to Nine Stores, Upgrading Restrooms for Families with Children
ATLANTA, GA / ACCESS Newswire / July 15, 2025 / Jet Food Stores is making a meaningful upgrade for its customers, particularly families with children, by expanding its partnership with Step 'n Wash to five additional locations. The new installations will be completed by July 1, 2025, bringing the total number of Jet stores providing this accommodation to nine. For families and road-trippers, the decision to visit a store often hinges on whether it offers clean and easy-to-use restrooms. By installing Step 'n Wash, a built-in retractable step stool that allows children to reach the sink safely and independently, the regional convenience store chain is continuing to make its restrooms more family-friendly. Jet Food Stores, which operates a total of 56 locations throughout central and southern Georgia, first introduced Step 'n Wash in 2021, and the response from customers was immediate and overwhelmingly positive. "Anticipating the needs of the entire family was a big part of our decision to include Step 'n Wash in more of our stores," says Matthew Turner, Director of Food Service at Jet Food Stores. "Making the strategic decision to implement Step 'n Wash in stores that experience heavy family traffic affords us a great opportunity to provide our customers with the utmost in convenience. We look forward to implementing Step 'n Wash in additional stores in the near future." "Our customers love Step 'n Wash - it has been a seamless addition to our restrooms," says Robin Long, Jet Food Store Manager. "In fact, one mom told me that she goes out of her way to specifically stop at my store when she has her kids with her." "Jet Food Stores is an amazing convenience store partner; they don't just talk about customer care, they show it through action," said Jacob Fedosky, President of Step 'n Wash. "As convenience stores compete for the family dollar, a small addition like Step 'n Wash can have a big impact on the customer experience and ongoing brand loyalty." About Jet Food Stores Inc. Established in 1973, Jet Food Stores is a privately owned chain of 56 retail convenience stores currently located throughout 21 counties in middle and south Georgia. As a family-owned and operated store, Jet Foods provides their customers a one stop shopping experience for their fuel, tobacco, and grocery item needs along with fountain, fast food and deli selections. To learn more, visit Jet Food Store. About Step 'n Wash Founded in 2007, Step 'n Wash was created with a simple mission: to ensure that everyone, regardless of height, can wash their hands in public restrooms. The company's retractable, stainless steel step stool is easily installed in front of bathroom sinks, providing a safe, user-friendly solution for businesses looking to improve accessibility. Today, Step 'n Wash serves some of the world's most recognized brands, helping them make their facilities safer and more accessible. To learn more, visit Step 'n Wash. Media Contact: Allie Gonzales832-794-3770allie@ SOURCE: Step 'n Wash
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Augusta tree companies continue tree removal more than 8 months since Helene
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Storm cleanup continues around the CSRA more than eight months since Hurricane Helene hit our area. Local tree companies are staying busy cutting the last fallen trees and removing those that are at risk of falling. Driving through Augusta neighborhoods, you're still seeing trees in yards and root balls that have yet to be cut—and tree companies like Removify are taking notice. 'You know, 8 months later, and we still have uprooted stumps that have not been taken care of yet. Whether that be people not really caring about it at the moment, or not wanting to spend money on it. Whatever the case may be, every now and again we're still doing a portion of a job that came from the storm,' said owner Matthew Turner. Turner says tree cleanup and removal since September has been the biggest task for his company since he started 4 years ago. Business has slowed down, but the phone calls are still rolling in. 'Some days we just do 1 job depending on how big it is, and other days we'll do 4. There's only so many hours in the day, and a lot of the things we do are really technical and tedious,' Turner said. The same fallen trees they're cutting are still leaving their mark on homes around Augusta. Roofing companies like RCS Roofing are also staying busy as some homes are still covered in tarps. 'We're still doing about 2 a day. Of course, we try to take care of the people in emergency types of situations like tarps. Or, if they have a hole in their house or something like that, we have to get it covered,' said manager Scott Gunter. Helene has also left plenty of leaning trees that are at risk of falling. As the 2025 hurricane season is underway, experts want you to take note of those trees to protect your home. 'If you've got a half fallen tree that came from the storm, if it poses any threat as far as distance to the house, that'd be something that I would want to get taken out sooner than later. It's going to fall at some point, it's just a matter of when,' said Turner. 'If you take a look around, you see leaning trees everywhere—-and those are fragile,' Gunter said. 'If the wind comes, they're going to go. I saw tops fall off just in the last week, so it's something to be careful of.' When the hurricane hit, many homeowners took it upon themselves to work together cutting trees. While storm cleanup is in the home stretch, Turner recommends you to call experts like him instead to cut and remove fallen trees properly and safely. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Associated Press
03-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
GGL Resources Corp. Announces Board and Management Changes
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 3, 2025 / GGL Resources Corp. (TSXV:GGL) ('GGL' or the 'Company') announces the resignation of John Gilbert as CEO and Director. Matthew Turner, a Director of GGL, will succeed Mr. Gilbert as CEO on an interim basis. The GGL Board would like to sincerely thank Mr. Gilbert for his efforts and wish him the best in his future endeavours. About GGL Resources Corp. GGL is a seasoned, Canadian-based junior exploration company, focused on the exploration and advancement of under evaluated mineral assets in politically stable, mining friendly jurisdictions. The Company has optioned and wholly owned claims in the Gold Point district of the prolific Walker Lane Trend, Nevada. The Gold Point claims cover several gold-silver veins, five of which host past producing high-grade mines, as well as an exciting new porphyry target which is currently under option to Teck American Incorporated. The Company also owns the McConnell Project, which hosts epithermal gold veins and an under explored porphyry copper-gold prospect in the Kemess District of north-central British Colombia. GGL also holds diamond royalties on mineral leases adjacent to the Gahcho Kué diamond mine in the Northwest Territories. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD 'Matthew Turner' Matthew Turner Director and Interim CEO For further information concerning GGL Resources Corp. or its various exploration projects please visit our website at or contact: Investor Inquiries Richard Drechsler Corporate Communications Tel: (604) 687-2522 NA Toll-Free: (888) 688-2522 [email protected] Corporate Information Linda Knight Corporate Secretary Tel: (604) 688-0546 [email protected] Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. SOURCE: GGL Resources Corp. press release
CTV News
30-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Ontario wants to study building a 401 tunnel but one expert says there's a much simpler fix than that
Doug Ford's government plans to study the idea of digging a tunnel under Highway 401. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese + THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young (CTV News file photo). Ontario is studying the idea of digging a massive tunnel under Highway 401 but one economist says there's a much simpler and proven way to reduce gridlock in Toronto — charge drivers at peak road times. 'The only response to traffic congestion, by which there's really any evidence, is congestion pricing,' said Matthew Turner, a professor of economics at Brown University and former University of Toronto professor. 'The problem is not road capacity, it's road capacity at peak times.' Premier Doug Ford has promised to build a traffic tunnel spanning from Mississauga and Brampton in the west to Scarborough and Markham in the east, despite criticism from opposition leaders. A feasibility study on the idea is planned and the deadline for firms to participate in the formal Requests for Proposal process officially passed on Thursday. The government has previously said that the study won't be completed until 2027. But experts say no matter what the study finds, the fundamental problem isn't how many lanes exist — but rather when they are being used. 'You add capacity, it gets filled up': 'My first reaction is that Toronto needs more transportation capacity,' Turner said. 'This is probably a very expensive way to get it, that it'll take so long to build that it's not even relevant to talk about it.' Highway 401 Traffic on Highway 401 in Toronto passes under a COVID-19 sign on Monday April 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn (Frank Gunn/THE CANADIAN PRESS) Turner has studied urban congestion for decades and says building new roads or tunnels simply doesn't work if the goal is to reduce traffic jams. 'Los Angeles has been trying to build its way out of traffic congestion for 60 years,' he said, pointing to the Santa Monica Freeway as a prime example of a project that keeps expanding but delivers only temporary relief. 'What happens in Los Angeles is typical. You add capacity. It gets filled up. More people get to move around, but you still have problems with traffic congestion.' Ford backs tunnel while critics call it 'imaginary' Ford first floated the idea of a Highway 401 tunnel in September and made it part of his successful re-election campaign back in February. Earlier this month, Ford also asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize 'nation-building' projects including the tunnel idea. The feasibility study will include other options to increase the capacity of Highway 401 and review best practices from similar projects, including a four-lane tunnel in downtown Ottawa that was also the subject of feasibility study that pegged its cost at $2 billion. That project has never moved forward. 'The reason we're having a feasibility study is it's going to determine the length. If they're telling me, 30 kilometres is X, 40 kilometres is Y, and 70 kilometres or 60 kilometres is another cost, let's take a look at it,' Ford said of the Highway 401 tunnel back in September. 'But we're going to get the job done, mark my words.' The formal Requests for Proposals asks for the feasibility study to be completed by February 28,2027 and to examine a corridor that spans from east of Highway 410 in Mississauga to east of Scarborough. But experts say that while technically possible, the tunnel could cost billions of dollars and take decades to build. Opposition leader Marit Stiles has been extremely vocal dismissing the idea often referring to it as 'imaginary,' and a 'silly thought from a government that's run out of ideas.' 'His big priority is to get the feasibility study done on this silly tunnel under the 401, this imaginary tunnel,' she said last month. Meanwhile, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie called the plan a fantasy that 'could bankrupt the province.' Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow was asked about the proposal during an interview with CP24 Breakfast on Thursday morning and seemed to suggest it is not a 'priority' for the city at this time. 'That is really up to Premier Ford and the federal government. I just know that I want public transit,' she said. 'In terms of priority infrastructure, the priority is still public transit, subway stations, the subway cars as well….' Does congestion pricing work? Here are the numbers While Ford remains confident on his big promise, some cities have already turned to congestion pricing — and seen significant results. Earlier this year, New York City began implementing a USD $9 congestion charge during peak hours south of Central Park. The result: a 7.5 per cent drop in traffic in the first week, or about 43,000 fewer vehicles entering the downtown core daily. Manhattan Tolls Signs advising drivers of congestion pricing tolls are displayed near the exit of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (Seth Wenig/AP) Turner says the evidence is overwhelming. 'If you are building more infrastructure with the idea that you're going to reduce traffic congestion, then there is an enormous amount of evidence that says that you're going to fail.' 'This infrastructure is so expensive, and it's so disruptive to build more, and people will fill it up if it's free.' Toronto, he says, already has the technical expertise to make pricing work. Why pricing the 401 is a hard sell Toronto has flirted with the idea before. In 2017, former Mayor John Tory proposed tolls for the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway. But then-premier Kathleen Wynne shot it down, suggesting conditions were not right. Ontario, however, introduced legislation in 2024 that prohibits the introduction of any new tolls on provincial highways. Toronto is technically able to implement tolls on city-operated roads under the City of Toronto Act but the provincial government would be able to override it as it did in 2017. 'I think that the politicians want to build things, and congestion pricing is a hard sell, and so it's been really hard to implement,' Turner said. Today, the Ford government remains firmly opposed to tolls. In an email earlier this year, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria's office said the government 'will never add a tax or toll to any road in Ontario,' citing their commitment to building infrastructure instead. Ontario's Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria attend Question Period at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young Ontario's Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria attend Question Period at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young Matthias Sweet, a congestion expert at Toronto Metropolitan University, said the refusal to consider tolls comes at a cost. 'Unless you take a policy like that, then you're basically saying traffic congestion is not as bad as the burden of potential solutions,' he said. Weighing the burden of Toronto traffic The Toronto Region Board of Trade estimates congestion costs the GTA $11 billion annually in lost productivity. A broader analysis by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis puts the cost to the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area at $47 billion when social and economic losses are included. But Turner cautions against thinking of megaprojects like the 401 tunnel as a fix. 'These things take forever, and they're really disruptive while they're being done,' he said, pointing to Boston's infamous 'Big Dig' project — a tunnel and highway reconstruction that took over 15 years to finish, cost of over $14.8 billion, and was plagued by costs, delays, leaks, and hundreds of millions in lawsuits. 'If you're interested in managing the use level on these things, the only way that we know how to do that is pricing,' Turner said, adding that 'nobody wants to hear that.' With files from CP24's Joshua Freeman and The Canadian Press...
CTV News
30-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Ontario wants to study building a 401 tunnel, but one expert says there's a much simpler fix than that
Doug Ford's government plans to study the idea of digging a tunnel under Highway 401. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese + THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young (CTV News file photo). Ontario is studying the idea of digging a massive tunnel under Highway 401 but one economist says there's a much simpler and proven way to reduce gridlock in Toronto — charge drivers at peak road times. 'The only response to traffic congestion, by which there's really any evidence, is congestion pricing,' said Matthew Turner, a professor of economics at Brown University and former University of Toronto professor. 'The problem is not road capacity, it's road capacity at peak times.' Premier Doug Ford has promised to build a traffic tunnel spanning from Mississauga and Brampton in the west to Scarborough and Markham in the east, despite criticism from opposition leaders. A feasibility study on the idea is planned and the deadline for firms to participate in the formal Requests for Proposal process officially passed on Thursday. The government has previously said that the study won't be completed until 2027. But experts say no matter what the study finds, the fundamental problem isn't how many lanes exist — but rather when they are being used. 'You add capacity, it gets filled up': 'My first reaction is that Toronto needs more transportation capacity,' Turner said. 'This is probably a very expensive way to get it, that it'll take so long to build that it's not even relevant to talk about it.' Highway 401 Traffic on Highway 401 in Toronto passes under a COVID-19 sign on Monday April 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn (Frank Gunn/THE CANADIAN PRESS) Turner has studied urban congestion for decades and says building new roads or tunnels simply doesn't work if the goal is to reduce traffic jams. 'Los Angeles has been trying to build its way out of traffic congestion for 60 years,' he said, pointing to the Santa Monica Freeway as a prime example of a project that keeps expanding but delivers only temporary relief. 'What happens in Los Angeles is typical. You add capacity. It gets filled up. More people get to move around, but you still have problems with traffic congestion.' Ford backs tunnel while critics call it 'imaginary' Ford first floated the idea of a Highway 401 tunnel in September and made it part of his successful re-election campaign back in February. Earlier this month, Ford also asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize 'nation-building' projects including the tunnel idea. The feasibility study will include other options to increase the capacity of Highway 401 and review best practices from similar projects, including a four-lane tunnel in downtown Ottawa that was also the subject of feasibility study that pegged its cost at $2 billion. That project has never moved forward. 'The reason we're having a feasibility study is it's going to determine the length. If they're telling me, 30 kilometres is X, 40 kilometres is Y, and 70 kilometres or 60 kilometres is another cost, let's take a look at it,' Ford said of the Highway 401 tunnel back in September. 'But we're going to get the job done, mark my words.' The formal Requests for Proposals asks for the feasibility study to be completed by February 28,2027 and to examine a corridor that spans from east of Highway 410 in Mississauga to east of Scarborough. But experts say that while technically possible, the tunnel could cost billions of dollars and take decades to build. Opposition leader Marit Stiles has been extremely vocal dismissing the idea often referring to it as 'imaginary,' and a 'silly thought from a government that's run out of ideas.' 'His big priority is to get the feasibility study done on this silly tunnel under the 401, this imaginary tunnel,' she said last month. Meanwhile, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie called the plan a fantasy that 'could bankrupt the province.' Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow was asked about the proposal during an interview with CP24 Breakfast on Thursday morning and seemed to suggest it is not a 'priority' for the city at this time. 'That is really up to Premier Ford and the federal government. I just know that I want public transit,' she said. 'In terms of priority infrastructure, the priority is still public transit, subway stations, the subway cars as well….' Does congestion pricing work? Here are the numbers While Ford remains confident on his big promise, some cities have already turned to congestion pricing — and seen significant results. Earlier this year, New York City began implementing a USD $9 congestion charge during peak hours south of Central Park. The result: a 7.5 per cent drop in traffic in the first week, or about 43,000 fewer vehicles entering the downtown core daily. Manhattan Tolls Signs advising drivers of congestion pricing tolls are displayed near the exit of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (Seth Wenig/AP) Turner says the evidence is overwhelming. 'If you are building more infrastructure with the idea that you're going to reduce traffic congestion, then there is an enormous amount of evidence that says that you're going to fail.' 'This infrastructure is so expensive, and it's so disruptive to build more, and people will fill it up if it's free.' Toronto, he says, already has the technical expertise to make pricing work. Why pricing the 401 is a hard sell Toronto has flirted with the idea before. In 2017, former Mayor John Tory proposed tolls for the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway. But then-premier Kathleen Wynne shot it down, suggesting conditions were not right. Ontario, however, introduced legislation in 2024 that prohibits the introduction of any new tolls on provincial highways. Toronto is technically able to implement tolls on city-operated roads under the City of Toronto Act but the provincial government would be able to override it as it did in 2017. 'I think that the politicians want to build things, and congestion pricing is a hard sell, and so it's been really hard to implement,' Turner said. Today, the Ford government remains firmly opposed to tolls. In an email earlier this year, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria's office said the government 'will never add a tax or toll to any road in Ontario,' citing their commitment to building infrastructure instead. Ontario's Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria attend Question Period at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young Ontario's Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria attend Question Period at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young Matthias Sweet, a congestion expert at Toronto Metropolitan University, said the refusal to consider tolls comes at a cost. 'Unless you take a policy like that, then you're basically saying traffic congestion is not as bad as the burden of potential solutions,' he said. Weighing the burden of Toronto traffic The Toronto Region Board of Trade estimates congestion costs the GTA $11 billion annually in lost productivity. A broader analysis by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis puts the cost to the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area at $47 billion when social and economic losses are included. But Turner cautions against thinking of megaprojects like the 401 tunnel as a fix. 'These things take forever, and they're really disruptive while they're being done,' he said, pointing to Boston's infamous 'Big Dig' project — a tunnel and highway reconstruction that took over 15 years to finish, cost of over $14.8 billion, and was plagued by costs, delays, leaks, and hundreds of millions in lawsuits. 'If you're interested in managing the use level on these things, the only way that we know how to do that is pricing,' Turner said, adding that 'nobody wants to hear that.' With files from CP24's Joshua Freeman and The Canadian Press...
