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CTV News
02-07-2025
- Business
- CTV News
New 160-bed long-term care home under construction in New Hamburg
Construction is underway on a new, upgraded 160-bed long-term care facility in New Hamburg. The project, which will replace the current Nithview Home, is part of Ontario's plan to expand and modernize long-term care across the province. The new home is expected to open to residents in 2027. 'This groundbreaking is great news for our community,' said Mike Harris, MPP for Kitchener–Conestoga in a media release. 'Replacing the Nithview Home with a new state-of-the-art facility will ensure our community has access to the care they need for generations to come.' The new design will include private and standard rooms organized into five 'resident home areas,' along with features such as dining spaces, lounges, a garden level hub, chapel, café, and a hair salon. The home is licensed to and operated by Tri-County Mennonite Homes. According to the province, the facility will create over 100 new jobs and provide seniors with improved access to care close to home. 'This new state-of-the-art facility will allow residents to stay close to family in the community they call home while receiving the care and support they need,' said Waterloo Region Chair Karen Redman in part. The long-term care upgrade is one of 147 projects across Ontario currently underway or approved, representing nearly 24,000 new or redeveloped beds.
CBC
23-06-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Hockey stick of Maple Leaf legend Bill Barilko sells for $60K at auction
A game-issued hockey stick owned and signed by Toronto Maple Leaf legend Bill Barilko — who scored the Stanley Cup-winning overtime goal in 1951 — has sold for $60,000 at auction. Miller and Miller Auctions, based out of New Hamburg, Ont., sold the "game-issued" wooden stick from the 1950-51 season on Sunday. The auction house had put an estimate of between $3,000 and $5,000 on the stick. But Benjamin Pernfuss, consignment director in the sports category at Miller and Miller, said before the auction that how much the rare item would go for was unclear. "There's not a lot of his memorabilia out there, and the stick was owned by Barilko and signed by him as well. So it's a significant piece and a rare item in hockey history," Pernfuss said before the auction. On Monday, Pernfuss said seeing the stick go for $60,000 "just shows the significance of owning a piece of Toronto Maple Leafs history." "Bill Barilko is one of those names that sort of stands alone on the top of Toronto Maple Leafs history and history of hockey in Canada," Pernfuss said. Pernfuss was not able to share who bought the stick or where it's going next. Plane crash a tragic end to Cup hero's life Barilko, born in Timmins, Ont., played 252 games in the NHL, spending his five seasons with Toronto. The defenceman's aggression on the ice earned him the nickname Bashin' Bill. For many, his Game 5 goal against the Montreal Canadiens on April 21, 1951, is one of hockey's most celebrated. It helped captured the Maple Leafs' fourth Cup in five years. But it was also Barilko's last goal. In August the same year, at age 24, he was on a fishing trip to James Bay when the plane he was in went down. The Leafs didn't win another Cup until 1962. Six weeks later, the crash site and Barilko's body were located. His story inspired the Tragically Hip song Fifty-Mission Cap. Stick has names of other famous players The stick is taped for game use in a way that matches Barilko's style, and puck marks and wear in the lower hand-grip area indicate the stick was likely used in a game, although Miller and Miller Auctions is unable to confirm that. The stick was stamped "5" near the top, which indicated it was issued to Barilko as it was his number that season, the auction house says. It's also stamped with Love & Bennett, which at the time supplied hockey sticks to the Maple Leafs. Listen to the radio call from 1951 when Bill Barilko won the Leafs the Cup 7 years ago Duration 0:35 After mysteriously vanishing, the Toronto Maple Leafs wouldn't win another Stanley Cup until Barilko's remains were found 11 years later. The stick was purportedly a gift to the owner of a northern Ontario cottage who hosted Leaf players in the off-season after their Stanley Cup win, Miller and Miller Auctions said on its website. Pernfuss said the stick includes other "identifiable" signatures, including: Turk Broda, Ted Kennedy, Joe Klukay, Cal Gardner, Fleming Mackell, Ray Timgren, Howie Meeker, Harry Watson, Bill Juzda, Sid Smith, Max Bentley, Al Rollins and Tod Sloan, who were all on the 1951 team.
CTV News
03-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Wilmot Township approves 20-year tax exemption for new affordable housing
Wilmot Township Council has approved a new policy that will exempt property taxes on newly built affordable housing units, in what officials are calling a significant step toward addressing housing affordability in the community. The policy offers a 20-year property tax exemption for affordable housing developments led by non-profit and cooperative housing providers. Mayor Natasha Salonen said the initiative is about enabling local solutions to a growing crisis. 'We know that real solutions require collaboration,' she said in a statement. 'This exemption creates the conditions for our non-profit partners—and potentially for-profit builders—to deliver housing that meets the needs of some residents, right here in New Hamburg, Baden, New Dundee, and beyond.' The new exemption policy is part of Wilmot's 2024–2027 Strategic Plan. It also builds on previous council actions, including the 2024 decision to waive regional development charges for Nith View Homes' new 160-bed long-term care facility. 'This is about taking meaningful, concrete steps to tackle the housing crisis in our community,' Salonen said. 'This policy is one way we can say: we see the need, and we're acting on it.' Council says it will continue exploring additional tools to address the housing crisis.
CTV News
26-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
‘Holy grail': Tobacco tin tracing roots back to Kingsville fetches $55K at auction
A tobacco tin from the defunct Erie Tobacco Company out of Kingsville sold for $55,000 at an auction in New Hamburg, Ont., on May 25, 2025. (Source: Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd.) A glimpse into Windsor-Essex's past in the tobacco industry fetched $55,000 at auction over the weekend. A 3 Strikes cut plug pocket tobacco tin from the defunct Erie Tobacco Company sold at an auction in New Hamburg, Ont., on Sunday. Ben Lennox, the head of sales at Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd., told CTV News the sale exceeded estimates indicating the tin would sell for about $12,000. 'There was a number of bidders active on the tin, but what took it to the end and really to the stratosphere was two folks that really wanted this,' Lennox said. The tin was found by a Kingsville couple who discovered the piece of history in their walls during renovations. 'The reality of it is people don't necessarily know what they have in their homes, and there's treasures everywhere,' Lennox said. The lithographed tin would have been used to store tobacco or cigarettes and features an image of a baseball player and ET Co. on the jersey. Erie Tobacco Company operated a factory in Kingsville. 'The reality of it is the gold that is on these tins oftentimes would have oxidized to the point where it almost rusts, and in this case, there was very little, if no rust. The gold was mainly there,' Lennox explained. 'The image was striking, that on top of the fact that it has crossover collectible appeal into the baseball world just made it a holy grail.' According to Lennox, this marked a record amount for the sale of a tin in Canada. He noted the treasure will stay in the country after being purchased by a Canadian.
CTV News
26-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Tobacco tin makes Canadian history at New Hamburg, Ont. auction
Ben Lennox held the 3 Strikes Cut Plug tobacco tin at Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. in New Hamburg, Ont. on May 26, 2025. (Colton Wiens/CTV News) A tobacco tin in Ontario can now be considered a piece of Canadian history. The tin is being packed up in New Hamburg, Ont. before it hits the road to its new home. The small piece fetched an eye-popping price at auction, making it the highest selling tin in Canadian history. 'This is a record in Canada: $55,000. With buyer's premium, $64,900. There are some tins in Canada that have certainly hit five figures, but this is an exceptional result,' Ben Lennox, Head of Sales at Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. said. What some may think of as just an old tin from the early 1900's, is worth more than a brand-new vehicle to the right collector. 'This is a piece that you look for many, many years to find. And I don't know if we'll ever find an example quite like this,' Lennox said. 3 Strikes Cut Plug Pocket Tobacco Tin record setting auction The rare 3 Strike Cut Plug tobacco tin stood in front of other tins in this undated image. (Courtesy: Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd.) It's known as the 3 Strikes Cut Plug Pocket tobacco tin. It stands vertically, has a flip lid, and features a baseball player with the Erie Tobacco Company Factory logo on his jersey. It's considered one of the last known examples of this type. 'It's the best-known example found of this tin rarity. We talked to somebody who's been in the advertising collectible business for 50 years, and this is only the seventh one he knows of. Then that crossover appeal to the baseball community. Baseball and tobacco go hand in hand all the way back to the early 1900's,' Lennox said. The tin sold during an auction on Sunday, but almost never made it to the block. According to Lennox, it was discovered by the sellers while they were doing renovations and didn't know what to do with it. 'At one point, the people were considering taking it to Value Village. It was just a tchotchke that they had in their house on display,' Lennox said. 'The daughter-in-law did some due diligence and tracked down an old auction record and recognized that there was some considerable value.' In the end, it sold for much more than the predicted sale price of between $10,000 and $12,000. The buyer is tin can collector Glen Paruk, who is a lawyer in Vancouver. Lennox said there is an American counterpart, the Ty Cobb Tobacco Tin, that has sold for similar prices. But he's happy to say this piece of Canadian history is staying in the country.
