Tag: Community
Tourist spending in London jumped 11 per cent in 2023: Report
Spending on tourism in London shot up last year, surpassing a billion dollars, a new report says
House arrest for women who assisted sick matriarch’s suicide
Karen Gunby wanted to die. Bedridden and in excruciating pain, the terminally ill Windsor senior asked family to end her life. Her granddaughter researched and obtained medication. Her daughter held the cup while Gunby, 79, drank as much orange juice and drug cocktail as she could. When that failed to kill her, her daughter held […]
Afternoon tea at Meaford Hall on Thursday
The Women’s Centre Grey Bruce is hosting afternoon tea at Meaford Hall next Thursday, Aug. 1. The fundraiser runs from 2 to 4 p.m. Tickets are $55 per person, which includes tea with scones, sandwiches, mini desserts, with a silent auction and a 50/50 draw. “It is part of our strategic plan to build on […]
Ojibwemodaa! Let’s speak Ojibwe! | Great Lakes Now
“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.
Community Living uses grant to combat pandemic impacts
Community Living Kincardine and District (CLKD) used a $94,300 grant from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to help bounce back from the impacts of the pandemic. “Community Living Kincardine and District is an integral part of this community,” said Lisa Thompson, MPP for Huron-Bruce, during a meeting with CLKD representatives on July 25. […]