Tag: Deaths
Owen Sound vigil to mark 35 years since Ecole Polytechnique murders
A vigil in Owen Sound on Friday will mark the 35th anniversary of a dark day in Canadian history when 14 women were murdered for no other reason than their gender. The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women will be marked from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Owen Sound Farmers’ […]
Dyer: Netanyahu’s world smaller after ICC charges
Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant have not been found guilty of anything. However . . .
Michigan’s rural population is shrinking. Will UP lose political clout?
With fewer births and more deaths, the stateâs overall population is expected to begin decreasing in the next 10 years. These trends are especially pronounced in the Upper Peninsula and other rural areas….
New debate rule counter to purpose of committees: Councillor
Politicians now are allowed to end debate at certain committee meetings with a two-thirds majority vote, city council has decided.
Inquest into seven deaths at London jail delayed again by province
The province is making another attempt to limit the scope of a coroner’s inquest into seven London jail deaths.
With clock ticking, Michigan Dems eye âghost gun,â bump stock bans
Gun manufacturers could also face legal liability for deaths under bills Democrats are lining up for potential votes in the lame-duck session….
Drug dealer sent to prison as judge laments ‘soul-destroying’ fentanyl
A drug dealer with a years-long record of relatively small crimes found that trafficking in fentanyl was a âwhole new ballgame,â according to a judge.
‘More deaths coming’ as city weakens winter homeless outreach: Advocates
Londoners are going to die in greater numbers this winter because of city council’s one-two punch that’s cutting beds and outreach at the same time, homelessness leaders warn. “Where are people going to go? To the morgue,” community care worker Dan Oudshoorn of Sanctuary London said Thursday. “There’s a deep feeling of horror on the […]
The âday of deathâ: How a mystery drug, spate of ODs changed west Michigan
When nearly two dozen overdoses and seven deaths rocked Kalamazoo, police and health officials required a new level of cooperation. The response could teach other communities ravaged by the drug epidemic….
Environmentalists, Industry Divided Over Energy Permitting Bill
Melting ice. Wildfire smoke. Crop losses. Climate change is already having an impact on the Great Lakes region. According to a 2022 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in order to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, humanity would have to reach net-zero emissions by the 2070s.