Month: September 2024
Encampment fires: Why they’re happening, and what’s being done
London’s homeless encampments are growing in size and structure, leaving workers and volunteers with more challenges in preventing fires, says an outreach leader. “We’re seeing people really anchor into where they are and prepare for the winter months,” said Chantelle McDonald, director of services for London Cares. “We’re seeing people build structures to create more […]
Reader to Reader: December 2, 2023
Saved by strangers
Letters to the Editor: December 2, 2023
Bike paths a waste
Hollis: AI can help farmers tackle the challenges of modern agriculture
For all the attention on flashy new artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, the challenges of regulating AI, and doomsday scenarios of superintelligent machines, AI is a useful tool in many fields. In fact, it has enormous potential to benefit humanity.
Growing Concerns: Time to protect trees and plants for winter
It is December and the colder weather will be here soon and now is the time to wrap or protect your plants.
Cornies: Grand Theatre charts new, post-pandemic course
At the Grand Theatre’s annual general meeting this week, it was lost on no one that the theatre is at an inflection point.
Brews News: Will Dragon fire up sales at golf-themed beer label?
With the futures of many craft breweries hazy, would one of Canada’s top entrepreneurs take a chance on a new one launched just a year ago?
Fare With A Flair: Appetizer or main, this chicken works
The holiday season is a great time to prepare favourite recipes and get together with friends and family.
PHOTOS: London Knights vs. Mississauga Steelheads
The Mississauga Steelheads (15-8-1-0) moved into the No. 1 spot in the OHL’s Eastern Conference with a 5-1 win over the London Knights Friday night at Budweiser Gardens. Luke Misa led the way for the visitors with three goals while Michael Simpson made 26 saves in a losing effort for the Knights (15-9-0-1). Photos by […]
Ilderton farm makes leap from roadside stand to creamery, farm market
Proof Line Farm is no spring chicken when it comes to agriculture – the McNaughton family have been farming since the 1850’s – but the chickens purchased last year is the catalyst for the business’s next chapter.