Tag: campaign
Christmas toy drives and hamper programs gearing up in Grey-Bruce
‘Tis the season for giving and local firefighters are leading the charge with several toy drives in the region. The Owen Sound Firefighters’ toy drive expects to provide toys for over 700 children this year, as well as gift cards and donated holiday meals. Owen Sound toy drive organizer Doug McEwen said the city firefighters […]
Giving Tuesday donors urged to help Community Living hit generator fundraising target
As Community Living Kincardine and District (CLKD) nears its fundraising goal for the purchase of a generator, the organization is hoping Giving Tuesday donors can give the campaign a final push. “We have raised just over $70,000 of our $75,000 goal to purchase and install a commercial generator at the Saratoga supported home thanks to […]
Waves of Change: Meet Protect the Porkies founder Tom Grotewohl
Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.
This month, we spoke with Tom Grotewohl, a resident of Wakefield Township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and founder of the Protect the Porkies campaign.
City budget: Londoners sound off as politicians mull 2025 spending plan
City hall held its first and only public participation meeting for the $1.4-billion 2025 budget update on Tuesday evening, welcoming a total of 45 speakers. LFP reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at the big-ticket items Londoners were most concerned about. ARK AID’S SHELTER BEDS Far and away the top issue of the night was […]
Q&A: Northern Michiganâs last Democrat in Lansing has a warning for her party
Democrat state Rep. Betsy Coffia won a tough reelection campaign in a year that favored Republicans. She explains how she did it, and how she thinks her party needs to change….
Q&A: Whatâs next on GOP âmissionâ after flipping the Michigan House
State Rep. Bill Schuette helped lead a winning campaign for House Republicans. He explains how â and how the party aims to make good on promises with Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer still in office….
Report says the living wage in Grey-Bruce is $23.05 per hour
It costs more to live in Grey-Bruce than anywhere else in the province outside of Toronto according to the 2024 Ontario Living Wage Network’s latest report. A resident of the Grey, Bruce, Perth, Huron, Simcoe region needs to earn $23.05 hours per 40-hour workweek to make ends meet this year, which is up 1.3 per […]
Smile cookies returning to Kincardine with a seasonal twist
Tim Hortons is once again selling Holiday Smile Cookies to benefit local charities. “Enjoy a delicious smile cookie and help those less fortunate,” said Lorrie Alexander, co-coordinator of the Kincardine Food Bank, the charity of choice for smile cookie proceeds from both Kincardine Tim Hortons locations during this season’s campaign. The Holiday Smile Cookie campaign […]
Trump vowed to roll back regulations targeting climate change. How will the Great Lakes fare?
Some Great Lakes politicians believe that Trump will continue to back funding for Great Lakes cleanup efforts, even as he tries to make good on his campaign pledges to roll […]