Author: Great Lakes Commission
London Lightning extend season’s perfect start with inter-league win
The National Basketball League of Canada chanced upon a promising and opportune partnership just when things looked their worst. When the Moncton Magic and Halifax Hurricanes folded last year and the St. John’s Edge couldn’t find a place to play, that left the Island Storm in P.E.I. as the only team in the Atlantic Division. […]
How COVID is changing local unionized health-care workers’ labour pacts
‘The pandemic really was a push for those added supports’
Rescue mission underway in local town after girl falls through ice
A major rescue mission is underway northwest of Stratford after a girl fell through the ice Sunday morning. An unidentified 10-year-old girl fell through the ice on Whirl Creek in Mitchell around 10:30 a.m., Perth East-West Perth fire chief Bill Hunter said Sunday afternoon. Search and rescue crews from West Perth, St. Marys and Stratford […]
Local university students profile soldiers who fought at Dieppe, Normandy
History students in a London university class are profiling soldiers who took part in both the Dieppe raid and the D-Day invasion during the Second World War for a Juno Beach Centre exhibit marking the raid’s 80th anniversary.
Funding ends for service that helps vulnerable Londoners stay housed
A homeless prevention service that has helped hundreds of Londoners living in cluttered or squalid conditions keep their homes is losing its funding at the end of the month.