Tag: Community
London Hydro boosts aid as more seniors seek help to pay bills
More Londoners beat the winter chill and kept the heat on this year as London Hydro more than doubled its support for a Salvation Army program that helps those in need. The utility has paid $450,000 so far this year, a total likely to climb by year end, to the Low Income Energy Assistance Program […]
Cardboard boats take to the water off Southampton
Despite a big 20-boat turnout in the Lap for Loot event at the cardboard boat races in Southampton on Saturday, cousins Henry Small and Isla Oyarce showed that they still got it. For the second year in a row, the duo from Toronto paddled to the top cash prize in the headline event at the races, […]
Reimagining the Ponds: New nursery will supply 10,000 trees a year
A lot more trees are about to blossom in London as a south London environmental gem gets a facelift. ReForest London, the environmental agency dedicated to expanding the cityâs tree canopy, has begun work on a massive 1,485-square-metre (16,000-square-foot) nursery that will grow 10,000 trees a year to keep the Forest City green, said co-executive […]
Cornies: Aeolian champion eyes new approach to poverty
Twenty years ago, when concert pianist Clark Bryan and I met for lunch on the patio at Mykonos restaurant, he was brimming with hope, tinged with a bit of trepidation.