Tag: Covid-19
Shepard: Fostering entrepreneurship makes students more resilient
It’s about cultivating a mindset to navigate uncertainty, solve complex problems, and create value
Achoooo! Flu bug lingers as cool weather, cold season looms
No, itâs not your imagination. That stubborn cold is lingering, that nagging cough just wonât go away and flu season is not even in full swing yet. The Middlesex-London Health Unit issued a reminder that as we head indoors and gather together, local residents must also guard against flu and Covid-19. âWe’re monitoring a number […]
Demand growing among homeless, hungry, groups warn
Downtown Owen Sound’s soup kitchen will have served as many meals this year by Thursday as it served in all of 2023. “We have seen a drastic increase in the number of people that are coming for meals,” said Colleen Trask Seaman, the executive director at Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort, or OSHaRE, at […]
London clinical trial targets lingering COVID toll on patients – smell distortion
St. Joseph’s Health Care is running a clinical trial of a treatment for a disorder triggered by COVID-19 that distorts the sense of smell.
Trustee ‘deeply concerned’ about school board’s provincial test results
The number of special needs, multilingual students in Thames Valley District whose test scores met the provincial standard dropped
London-area housing market bouncing back from slow summer, new figures show
Londonâs housing market showed signs of recovery in September, with both home sales and average prices trending slightly higher, just-released statistics show.
Final preparations underway for weekend’s Port Elgin Pumpkinfest
The annual celebration of the harvest’s big and bulbous veggies is marking its 39th year in Saugeen Shores. Port Elgin Pumpkinfest is set to take over the town this weekend with a lineup of events for the whole family to enjoy. Marketing Director Ann-Marie Collins said Tuesday that final preparations were underway for the event […]
Small community’s big debt over $6M submarine set to be paid off
Saddled with more than $6 million in debt after backing a loan to bring a Cold War submarine to its shores, a London-area community is poised to pay off the outstanding amount 15 years early. Â Bayham, a municipality with 7,000 residents on the eastern edge of Elgin County, is in line to settle the […]
People ‘hungry’ for Fall Day at the Farm
It was the most successful Fall Day at the Farm yet Saturday. The fundraiser put on by volunteers raised more than $15,000 and counting for Canadian Foodgrains Bank, which helps feed people in developing countries through emergency food assistance and education about growing food. “It was probably our most successful day yet,” Heather Parkin said by […]
Supportive Outreach Services program receives health award
A program that formed in Grey-Bruce in 2021 to help the marginalized residents of a rooming house that was going through a COVID-19 outbreak, has been recognized with a new award. The Supportive Outreach Services (SOS) program has been awarded an Ontario Health System Quality and Innovation Award for its success in improving the health outcomes […]