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London women’s advocate storms out of House committee meeting
MPs said they were ‘disgusted’ by the behaviour that drove two advocates for stopping violence against women to leave the parliamentary committee visibly shaken
Goderich Art Club Show and Sale will feature hundreds of pieces
With 27 artists and more than 400 original works of art, the Goderich Art Club Show and Sale is happening Aug. 9 to Aug. 11 at the MacKay Centre in Goderich. The show and sale will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on […]
Crime severity index data for Grey-Bruce, by police service
Statistics Canada’s annual crime severity index and weighted clearance rates for police services in Ontario include data for Grey-Bruce. The conventional crime rate is a measure of crime volume. It adds up all crimes reported by police and divides that total by the population for the area. This means a murder has the same impact […]
Owen Sound’s violent crime severity index two-thirds higher in 2023
Owen Sound’s violent crime severity index soared in 2023 over the year before. Unlike the conventional crime rate, the violent crime severity index is weighted, with more serious but less frequent offences, like first-degree murder, given a CSI rating 280 times greater than property theft, for instance. The city’s crime severity index was 123.41 in […]
‘Containment breached’: How an oil spill in northwest Toronto made its way to Lake Ontario | Great Lakes Now
By Emma McIntosh, The Narwhal
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.