Tag: 2023
Group brings Indonesian heritage to multicultural festival
GODERICH – The crowd that gathered at the recent Huron Multicultural Festival in Goderich had the opportunity to see Nyai Rondha, a performing group comprising 15 dancers of Indonesian heritage. Siwi Vodden, who immigrated to Canada from Indonesia in 2012 and lives with her Canadian-born husband just outside of Lucknow, connected with the group in […]
A cleaner Cuyahoga River faces a growing threat from stormwater runoff | Great Lakes Now
By Zaria Johnson, Ideastream Public Media
This story was originally published by Ideastream.
The recent 55th anniversary of the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire serves as a reminder to Northeast Ohio residents of the benefits from decades of work cleaning up industrial contamination in the river.
Police seeking suspect wanted in connection with St. Thomas homicide, arson
St. Thomas police have identified a suspect wanted in connection with a homicide and arson that occurred last week
Apartment and townhouse proponent seeks city rezoning
A rezoning application to permit apartment buildings as part of a larger development in Owen Sound awaits a city staff recommendation, now that a public meeting was held Monday night. Tenth Avenue Estates is a proposed 85-unit life-lease residential development which is to include 22 townhouses and two apartment buildings — one 3 ½ storeys containing 29 units, […]
With women dying at ‘alarming rate’ from violence, province urged to act
Advocates for abused women in the London area are urging the province to act in the wake of âunbearableâ intimate partner violence that has claimed the lives of several women in the last few weeks. A bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in Ontario passed second reading at Queenâs Park and needs to […]
Stabbing charges dropped after accused, 34, signs peace bond
SARNIA â All charges linked to a stabbing in south Sarnia last fall have been dropped after the accused recently agreed to a peace bond. A man was stabbed in the leg in an altercation between two men who knew each other near Euphemia and Davis streets on Oct. 3, police said at the time. The […]
Countdown on for start of Ontario Summer Games in London
London is set to welcome more than 3,500 of Ontarioâs top young athletes as the city prepares to host the 2024 Ontario Summer Games from Aug. 1 to 4.
On-campus Western University protesters: We’re leaving
Mere days shy of the two-month mark, the pro-Palestine encampment that has enflamed tensions on Western University’s campus is coming down, protesters say. The encampment â in place since May 8 â is being dismantled, members of the protest group, the Western Divestment Coalition, said on Saturday, roughly in line with the timeline demanded by […]
Pearson: Growth, fairness out of balance
Our country’s history, and even that of our own community, has represented a balance between economic growth and social progress.