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Man, 18, shot to death by London police
An 18-year-old man was shot dead by London police Tuesday night, with Ontario’s police watchdog agency called in to investigate.Â
‘Too much water’: Basement flooding widespread after Monday’s sudden deluge
A monster rainstorm on Monday deluged many areas of London, flooding streets and basements and triggering safety warnings about swollen waterways.
Dyer: Trump neither unique nor irreplaceable
Almost everybody who feels obliged to comment about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump is insisting that ‘violence has no place in American politics’, but of course it has
Sky’s the limit? City politicians consider much taller buildings across London
Politicians got their first look on Tuesday at new proposed building height limits for downtown and other highly populated parts of London that would jack up highrises in some areas by nearly 50 per cent. Members of council’s planning committee received a report by SvN Architects and Planners, a consulting firm hired by the city, […]
Search along Lake Huron shoreline continues for missing men
Fifteen volunteers searched the Lake Huron shoreline Sunday for signs of two men missing since 1995 and one man missing since January, but had no luck. Kirk Weidemann and Erwyn Cecil “Rody” Lippett went for an evening fishing trip in the lake July 21, 1995 and never returned. They left their Brucedale Conservation campsite about 8 p.m. Their […]
Michigan’s 6th measles case found in Macomb County. Others potentially exposed | Bridge Michigan
Another measles case has been diagnosed in a Macomb County child, with two exposure sites. The cases are part of a nationwide measles resurgence, with the last reported infection in Michigan before this year occurring in 2019….
Protesters rally at city hall as politicians debate ‘renoviction’ bylaw
More than a dozen Londoners and tenant advocates rallied outside city hall on Monday, demanding city politicians approve tougher bylaws against so-called renovictions than the one now proposed by city staff. The demonstration took place ahead of a city council committee meeting on Monday at which politicians were set to debate a new bylaw targeting […]
New Michigan law requires homeowners associations to allow rooftop solar | Great Lakes Now
By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.
People who want to install solar panels on their roofs have to consider a lot: sunlight, cost, and coordinating with contractors and utilities.
What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose | Great Lakes Now
By Gautama Mehta, Grist
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Across America, millions of tons of toxic waste are sitting in pits next to coal plants. But whether they will get cleaned up has come down to a legal debate over the definitions of words.
City looks to sweeten pot for affordable units, office conversions
London city hall may offer cash to builders to add affordable units to their projects and increase payments to landlords converting offices to apartments. In two separate proposals to two different city council committees that meet next week, city staff recommend tapping into a $74-million federal government fund to offer increased incentives to developers and […]