Convocation central: London’s arena district braces for two mega-grads
Hockey jerseys out, grad gowns in. London’s downtown arena, home to the national champion London Knights junior hockey team, will become convocation central for not just one, but both of London’s post-secondary schools for the first time starting Monday. Thousands of graduates from Western University and Fanshawe College, and their guests, will converge on the […]
Region’s unemployment rate remains second lowest in province
The region’s unemployment rate remained the second lowest in the province in May. Last month, the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region’s unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points to 3.9 percent. Meanwhile, the provincial unemployment rate increased by 0.3 percentage points to 7.9 per cent. Both figures are unadjusted for seasonality. According to the Four County […]
Revved-up growth, and a pressing question: How will we all get around?
Elgin County is examining how its growing population will get around in the coming decades.
Barricaded man leads to large police presence in Chesley Saturday
South Bruce OPP established a heavy police presence and cordoned off an area around 1st Avenue North in Chesley while a man barricaded himself inside a property on Saturday afternoon. According to a police media release, the South Bruce OPP, West Region OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Crisis Negotiators, and West Region OPP K-9 responded […]
Hometown team retires baseball legend Fergie Jenkins’s No. 31
What can’t Fergie Jenkins do?