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The Herald Scotland
29-07-2025
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
Scottish law firm says ‘rapid expansion continues apace'
Holmes Mackillop said the recruitment of two solicitors follows the appointment of four trainees. Murray McKelvie joins the firm's Glasgow office while Paula Davies joins the Giffnock office as an associate. Murray McKelvie and Paula Davies. (Image: Holmes Mackillop) Following his qualification as a solicitor in 2023, Mr McKelvie has gained experience advising on the preparation of wills and powers of attorney "together with assisting clients in the difficult process following bereavement". Ross Brown, director, welcomed Mr McKelvie to the private client team and said: 'We are delighted to recruit Murray to our expanding team where he has already made an immediate contribution to the enhancement of our provision of our expert legal advice to clients with a focus on the protection of the interests of individuals and their families through appropriate mechanisms to best protect their assets.' Having qualified as a solicitor in 2022 after completing her traineeship specialising in residential conveyancing, Ms Davies now works in the firm's residential conveyancing team where she "deploys her knowledge of property law, specialising in all aspects of purchasing and selling property, transfers of title, discharging standard securities and re-mortgages". Robert Stewart, director, welcomed Ms Davies to the firm's Giffnock office and said: 'We are very pleased to appoint Paula to our team where she is already helping clients navigate the process of buying and selling homes – the biggest lifetime transactions most people undertake – with the minimum fuss.' Holmes Mackillop has over 240 years of experience in delivering a broad spectrum of legal services to its clients from offices in Glasgow City, Glasgow Southside, Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East and South Renfrewshire. Scottish bus company unveils major deal in 'key market' Scottish bus company FirstGroup has unveiled another 'strategic acquisition' - the latest in a string of purchases.
CBC
18-07-2025
- General
- CBC
Preliminary approval granted for new $10M search and rescue base in Kamloops, B.C.
Plans for a new Kamloops Search and Rescue base in Rayleigh are moving ahead. Directors with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board unanimously approved covering almost 60 per cent of the nearly $10-million cost. The new facility will also be home to a fire hall, replacing the existing one in Rayleigh. The project, first proposed in November 2023, is needed because volunteers said they have outgrown their current space and were called out a record 75 times in 2024. KSAR President Paula Davies said they normally attend fewer than 50 calls per year and often search forests, trails, rivers and lakes beyond city limits. Their Swiftwater Rescue team recently searched the Thompson River for a university student from India who drowned July 6. His body was found July 15 by a KSAR volunteer kayaking near McArthur Island Park. KSAR's Frank Pryce said the complex will include a training centre for volunteers from smaller outlying communities. "We've had conversations with them and they're all keen to be able to come here, so we're doing training that is going to help all the teams because they're all in very small buildings that don't have the ability to do all that stuff," said Pryce. The City of Kamloops is expected to commit $2.4 million at an upcoming council meeting. The rest of the money, $1.4-million, will come from Kamloops Search and Rescue through a fundraising campaign. KSAR President Paula Davies hopes people they've helped rescue in the past will make donations. "If they see the benefit of SAR teams and they have the means of making a donation, then that's great. Everything helps," said Davies. Ashcroft Mayor Barbara Roden chairs the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board. She said it makes sense for the TNRD to jointly fund this facility with the City of Kamloops, but she also wants support from other levels of government. "They are there in every corner of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, and it is going to benefit so many people over so many years," said Roden. "Why the province cannot fund something like search and rescue is absolutely beyond me. This is a case where the province needs to step up to the plate and start contributing." It's not clear how soon construction could start because Kamloops city council has yet to approve its share of funding. The lease for the existing base in Mission Flats expired at the end of January 2025. The new site is on city-owned land at 4420 Devick Road. Davies said there's no rush to start construction because the city has given them permission to stay in Mission Flats until the new facility is ready. "The city has graciously said that as long as you are working towards a home and basically will be gone as soon as we can move into our new home, they will let us stay there for the time being, so we won't be kicked out onto the street."
Toronto Star
29-06-2025
- General
- Toronto Star
This green oasis in the middle of Toronto draws muskrats, minks and more. But it didn't just happen naturally. Here's how volunteers made it happen
On a walk through the Todmorden Wildflower Preserve on a hot day in mid-June, chief steward Paula Davies points out a fern here, a flower there, and a variety of sedges by the pond, all with their common and Latin names. They're native vegetation, but they owe their presence here to Davies and her crew, who have been planting them for years. Davies' encyclopedic knowledge of the flora here comes from long-standing familiarity. In 1991, she — along with local naturalists Charles Sauriol and Dave Money — founded the preserve with the goal of rehabilitating the land and restoring some of its original plant communities.
