Tag: Community
Another wintry wallop slams London region as buses nixed, schools closed
With snow flurries continuing in London Tuesday morning, school buses were cancelled and several schools shut down across the city and region. There was a risk of snow squalls in the city and area with five centimetres of snow expected and wind gusting to 20 kilometres/hour near noon, Environment Canada officials warned. The high Tuesday […]
Thames Valley works to grade top official â with few details on his ongoing leave
As the Thames Valley District school board develops a Queen’s Park-mandated policy for evaluating its education director, the last top boss remains off work but collecting his paycheque after almost three months.
A network of support, amid tragic loss for first responders
Since Nov. 15, five public safety workers in Michigan have died by suicide. One northern Michigan firefighter is among those trying to help fellow first responders deal with mental health issues.
Lowered London minimum ceiling height of six feet moves ahead
A city council committee has given its endorsement to reducing the minimum ceiling height in London to barely more than six feet to align with Ontario’s building code. Councillors voted 3-1 in favour of the tweak to London’s property standards bylaw, reducing the minimum headroom in a home by 10 centimetres to 1.85 metres, or […]
London man sentenced for ‘brutal attack’ on 69-year-old mother
A London man who stabbed his disabled mother to death inside her home wonât be able to apply for parole for 13 years. Jonathan Halfyard, 39, pleaded guilty in September to second-degree murder â a conviction that carries an automatic life sentence â for killing Carolyn Carter, 69, after she kicked him out of her […]