Tag: Canada
Pearson: Single act of defiance saved the world
It was 62 years ago this month when I looked out our kitchen window in Calgary to see our neighbour operating a backhoe, digging a hole in his backyard.
Oudshoorn: Poverty, addiction, mental illness not causes of homelessness, success is
Visible homelessness persists at crisis levels within London.
Baranyai: Indigenous foster care urgent priority
Itâs a shattering indictment: 16 years after then-prime minister Stephen Harper formally apologized for Canadaâs residential school system â time enough for a generation to reach driving age â there are more Indigenous children and youth in foster care than there were in residential schools at any given time.
Dyer: No matter who wins U.S. election, voters will see little gain
Donald Trump knows he could lose the U.S. election in two weeksâ time and he thinks he knows why. âYou have one issue, you have the issue of abortion,â he said recently on Fox and Friends. âWithout abortion, women love me.â
PHOTOS: London Knights 4, Brantford Bulldogs 3 (OT)
Sam Dickinson’s overtime goal lifted the London Knights to a 4-3 win over the Brantford Bulldogs at Canada Life Place in London on Friday night. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
Q+A: Victor Garber on coming home, embracing film festival honour
London-raised actor Victor Garber, 75, is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Forest City Film Festival this weekend, with screenings of two of his films, Legally Blonde and Titanic, and a brunch celebrating his Hollywood career. He spoke with LFP reporter Beatriz Baleeiro about coming home and embracing the honour. Q: How […]
London city hall starts new anti-hate campaign: ‘Action and allyship’
London city hall is rolling out a new public awareness campaign to combat hate, a provincially funded pilot program that could be a model for other communities. Â
Public health officials want say in Ontario’s $10M push for safe alcohol use
London-area public health officials are demanding Queenâs Park allow their input into how $10 million in government funding is spent to mitigate alcohol-related harms. Board members with Southwestern Public Health, which covers Oxford and Elgin counties, unanimously passed a motion Thursday requesting public health experts be involved in allocating the money for âsocial responsibility,â a […]
International student cuts concern Georgian College, Grey County
Georgian College’s president has raised concerns about the federal government’s plans to reduce the number of temporary residents eligible to enter Canada and the impact that is having on colleges and communities, including those in Grey-Bruce. In an Oct. 4 letter to Grey County Warden Brian Milne, the college’s president and CEO, Kevin Weaver, said […]
Chatsworth pavilion at old arena site could be built by spring
The first building on the former Chatsworth Arena site will be a pavilion built by the agricultural society, part of what will be a future arena and community hub complex. Chatsworth Agricultural Society raised more than $200,000 since May for the pavilion, which will cost likely more than $260,000 once washrooms and a kitchen are […]