Tag: Community
London police board spent $104K on PR firm to sell high-spending budget
The London police board paid a prominent public relations firm more than $100,000 to help sell its controversial high-spending budget earlier this year, according to documents obtained by The Free Press. One city councillor called it âdisturbingâ to learn the board used taxpayersâ money to win support from the public and politicians for the $672-million, […]
London man sought in shooting at townhouse complex: Police
A 28-year-old man is being sought in a shooting at a townhouse complex that left a man with critical injuries, London police said Friday. A man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was shot at a townhouse complex on Boullee Street, north of Cheapside Street, about 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, police said. The […]
Silver C’s to hold second Thanksgiving Food Drive in Owen Sound
The Silver C’s, Caring Canadians, will be back collecting donations at some Owen Sound grocery stores in the coming weeks for their second annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. The organization of retired men, which meets for fellowship on Tuesday mornings at the Royal Canadian Legion in Owen Sound, are scheduled to be at local grocery stores […]
Grey County getting expert assistance for climate adaptation plan
Grey County will get some outside expertise as it works to put together a plan on how it can prepare for the more frequent and more damaging effects of weather events caused by climate change. On Thursday, county council voted in favour of spending close to $30,000 to purchase a Building Adaptive Resilient Communities membership […]
Man gets five years in prison in ‘frightening’ case involving sawed-off shotguns
A prosecutor said the case involving a pair of sawed-off shotguns seized from a Sarnia man after he was arrested at gunpoint earlier this summer is extremely aggravating.