Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

Parents who lost son to suicide striving to help others

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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.  […]

London Free Press

Judge reads riot act as slow-moving murder re-trial begins closing arguments

7 min read

ST. THOMAS – Just before Boris Panovski’s re-trial finally made it to the home stretch, there was one more potentially devastating snag. Nine weeks into the case, the judge was told Panovski was close to firing defence lawyer Margaret Barnes over a disagreement about calling more witnesses and reviewing additional evidence before she began her […]

Great Lakes Now

Green infrastructure job trainings aim to support growing field | Great Lakes Now

4 min read

Green infrastructure job trainings aim to support growing field

By Elinor Epperson, Michigan Public

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Education London Free Press

London teen’s blue-box mining strikes community chord: ‘Pretty cool’

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A London teenager who got the third degree for picking through blue boxes to help save up for his education has received an outpouring of community support, his mother says.  For more than three years, 14-year-old Brise Refflinghaus, who has autism, has scoured the curbside collection bins in his east London neighbourhood on recycling day, […]