Tag: covid
Parents who lost son to suicide striving to help others
Jeff Courage’s parents said they felt comforted and encouraged at the third annual Walk of Courage Saturday morning. Tawnia and Greg Courage’s 21-year-old son Jeff died by suicide in 2019 while attending Western University in London. The former West Hill student struggled with anxiety in London and couldn’t get help there sometimes, both parents said. […]
Ex-London hospital board member pulls $1M pledge over deficit concerns
A London Health Sciences Centre donor is pulling a $1-million pledge he made to the hospitalâs foundation, citing frustration over what he is calling mismanagement and its growing deficit.
Already strained, domestic violence shelters now often take in homeless women
The housing crisis in the London-area is so severe, some agencies are noticing a new twist: homeless women with nowhere to go are turning to shelters that help women and children fleeing from domestic violence.
Immigrant bricklayer who built huge London construction firm dies at 88
London has lost a giant in construction and a passionate community advocate.
CCH alum David Mendham named Frontier League’s all-star game MVP
Londoner David Mendham was named the MVP of the Frontier Leagueâs 31st all-star game in the West divisionâs 2-1 victory over the East on Wednesday at Quebec City.
Local athletes win big at 2024 Spring Provincial Games
GODERICH – Two local athletes returned home as champions after taking part in the Special Olympics Ontario Spring Provincial Games this year in Waterloo. Paige Manger of the Goderich Seahorses and Callum MacDonald, who swims with the Seahorses as well as the Sarnia Dolphins, were competitors at this year’s games in Waterloo, which were held […]
The Kincardine Independent
Canada’s housing crisis has been brewing for a long time, although it burst into the headlines during the COVID pandemic. (By Pauline Kerr) To read the entire article online, click … Continue reading Heat is just as deadly as cold
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All-day youth music festival in downtown Owen Sound Sunday
Banditfest, a teen-run outdoor youth music festival, will take place at the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market building all day Sunday. Eleven hours of music by 15 bands will kick off at 11 a.m. and end at 10 p.m., rain or shine, said Olive Borowski, one of the event organizers. Grey-Bruce bands will be joined by […]
As pandemic babies enter kindergarten, school officials eye development ‘gaps’
London-area children born during the COVID-19 pandemic in both school boards are getting some extra help in the form of pop-up clinics as they prepare to enter kindergarten this fall
Bottoms up! London craft brewery set to add eatery in business overhaul
Beerlab London is out, Supply and Demand Beer and Pizza is in. A London craft brewery that’s operated on Talbot Street since the year before the pandemic struck, specializing in experimental small-batch beers, is expanding into an eatery-entertainment venue amid what one of its owners says are challenges drawing customers to its downtown location. Many […]