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New home prices in London drop, buyers gain clout: ‘Tight market’
Higher interest rates that created lacklustre demand and slowed home sales in London also appear to be forcing prices on new homes to drop, the latest market snapshot from Statistics Canada shows. According to the federal agencyâs latest new housing price index â representing changes over time in the selling price of new residential houses […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
Nibi Chronicles: Manoomin as medicine
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.
Downtown’s in flux â again. Can a new city hall blueprint fix it?
A downtown with Canada’s highest office vacancy rate.
Crescent Wind Farm fuels push for greener Michigan
By Donté Smith Capital News Service In the rolling farmland of southern Michigan’s Hillsdale County, the Crescent Wind Farm towers over the landscape, generating renewable energy while stirring both hope and contention among residents. The wind farm, operated by Consumers Energy in Adams, Moscow and Wheatland townships, is part of the state’s growing push to meet […]
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City budget: Politicians re-visiting 2024-27 spending as big tax hikes loom
Taxpayers, hang on to your wallets. Next week, city hall will kick off its 2025 budget update, tweaking and amending the 2024-27 budget passed this year by city council. While meant to be geared toward relatively small changes, it’s possible old fights could resurface. LFP’s Jack Moulton breaks down what to expect. WHAT IS DIFFERENT […]
Town hall meeting Nov. 4 to discuss Summerfolk’s future
Summerfolk is facing extreme financial pressure and will consider downsizing as it manages rising costs and its debt, operations manager Jaret Koop said. The future of next year’s festival is not in doubt but changes are coming and the community’s input at an upcoming town hall meeting will help shape the next festival, he said […]
The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election | Great Lakes Now
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Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise.