Tag: Community
Thames Valley school board spent $225K on Navigator PR firm. Why?
The embattled London-area public school board spent more than $225,000 on advice from damage-control consulting firm Navigator in 2021 and 2022, documents obtained by The Free Press show â but officials won’t say why.
Lambton College international student killed in stabbing
An international student from India who was studying at Lambton College was fatally stabbed in an altercation Sunday at a Sarnia rooming house, multiple sources say. Gurasis Singh, 22, was in his first year studying business management, the Sarnia-based college confirmed in a statement Tuesday. âStudents are at the heart of Lambton College, and the […]
Owen Sound vigil to mark 35 years since Ecole Polytechnique murders
A vigil in Owen Sound on Friday will mark the 35th anniversary of a dark day in Canadian history when 14 women were murdered for no other reason than their gender. The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women will be marked from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Owen Sound Farmers’ […]
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce facing closure due to lack of funds, volunteers
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce will run out of cash to operate in just over three months. “Without new sources of funding sufficient to take the program through the 2025–2026 fiscal year, Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce would only have enough funding to operate until March 31, 2025, at which point the program would be […]
Extra, extra! Creative re-use of old newspaper building provides housing boost
Facing a housing crunch with its population expected to swell once Volkswagenâs electric-vehicle battery plant opens, St. Thomas is turning to creative ways to bulk up its housing supply.