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Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing’s last class marking 50 years
A group of classmates who share a lifelong bond as the final class of the Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing are gathering together for a major milestone. Members of that 1974 class – the last for the hospital-based regional school and the first for the Georgian College Nursing Department – will descend on the […]
Sweet relief for overcrowded London school amid boards’ building boom
A nearly completed new addition will help ease enrolment pressures this fall at one of the largest and most crowded schools in the Thames Valley District school board. The project at Eagle Heights elementary school on Oxford Street in London was tendered to Bronnenco Construction Ltd. at the end of May 2023 and was expected […]
Letters to the Editor: August 17, 2024
Stop messing with our streets, council
London real estate: Are we becoming a buyer’s market?
Home prices are down and so is the number of sales amid higher interest rates. That much we all know about Londonâs housing market. But thereâs certainly more happening on the ground than that. Thatâs why Free Press reporter Jonathan Juha took a closer look at the latest housing market figures to dig up other […]
King’s University College faculty mull possible strike amid contract talks
Just weeks before classes resume, Kingâs University College faculty have voted overwhelmingly in favour of striking if necessary after testy negotiations that began in April.
Tarragon, okra and cowpeas are new arrivals to the garden palate
Both the okra and cowpeas seed I planted this year were supplied by Ken and Martha Laing through the seed exchange that was part of the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario conference last December
Judge fumes over apologies from violent addicts: ‘Same old song and dance’
A Brantford man who robbed two pharmacies with a handgun faced the wrath of an Ontario Court judge when he appeared in court recently.
Stratford shooting: Police were often called to deadly rampage street
About 11 times since last summer, police were called over complaints from two homes on the street where tensions turned deadly last week.
Researchers develop ‘holy grail’ solution to fight invasive vampire species: ‘Something nobody has ever done before’ – Great Lakes Commission
Experts from Michigan State University are working on a groundbreaking way to deal with an invasive fish that is blighting Lake Michigan and connecting waterways: the FishPass. Read the full […]
Yes! London’s Alysha Newman wins Olympic bronze in women’s pole vault
Londoner Alysha Newman won a bronze medal while breaking Canada’s national record in women’s pole vault at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.