Tag: Community
London Lightning’s basketball league adds new boss, first U.S. team
The Basketball Super League has a new commissioner and the defending champion London Lightning will have another foe to contend with this coming season.
Upper Thames seeks citizens to help with rain tracking: ‘Community science’
Some volunteers have trickled in, but local conservation officials are seeking more participants to help gather regional precipitation data. The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority â whose district including London covers about 3,500 square kilometres â is looking for people, particularly those living near St. Marys and the northern part of the watershed, to participate […]
Jail for man who set treehouse fire that killed teen girl sleeping inside
A young man found guilty of criminal negligence causing death for setting a treehouse on fire, killing a teenage girl who was sleeping inside it with her boyfriend, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail. After a trial, Superior Court Justice Roger Chown found an intoxicated and disgruntled Taran Hibma, then 18, of Owen […]
Unions fume over cash-strapped school board executives’ retreat at old SkyDome hotel
Thames Valley District school board executives are facing criticism after roughly 18 senior staff members stayed at the former SkyDome hotel in downtown Toronto amid a $7.6-million budget deficit. While board leaders are defending the August trip, union officials are wondering why the planning session couldn’t have been done here, rather than in the heart […]
Sport notes: Aylmer man now Calgary Flames voice; Kaura Coles a world champ
Aylmer native Jon Abbott has been named the new play-by-play voice of the Calgary Flames on Sportsnet