Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

People ‘hungry’ for Fall Day at the Farm

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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 […]

London Free Press

Motorcyclist critically injured in southwest London crash: Police

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A motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash Friday afternoon in southwest London, London police say. The male driver of the motorcycle was taken to hospital following the crash involving another vehicle at about 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Colonel Talbot Road and Southminster Bourne, police said. The driver of the vehicle remained at […]

London Free Press

Teens charged in London store robbery, assault: Police

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Four teens charged in London store robbery and assault Four London teenagers are charged after a north London store was robbed and an employee assaulted, police say. Four teenagers entered the undisclosed business on Adelaide Street North near Cheapside St. just before 7 p.m. Wednesday. Property was stolen and the employee assaulted before the teens […]

Climate change Great Lakes Now Lake Michigan

Chicago reveals climate havens don’t exist — they must be created | Great Lakes Now

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Chicago reveals climate havens don’t exist — they must be created

Experts now say “climate havens” are not places immune from climate change, but areas where adequate preparation is implemented to account for a drastically different climate than anticipated.

Great Lakes cities, like Chicago, are generally considered to be at a lower risk for extreme climate impacts such as wildfires and tropical storms.

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Huron County Owen Sound Sun Times

Stolen cars, drugs and weapons found by police at Huron-Bruce Road property

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Two South Bruce residents are facing several drugs, weapons and theft charges after an investigation by several OPP police units turned up illegal drugs, weapons, cash, and stolen property with a total value exceeding $123,000. The Huron-Perth and Grey-Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crimes Unit (CSCU), West Region OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), […]

London Free Press

What helped local eateries survive COVID? It wasn’t location, location, location

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Restaurants in and around London that were “flexible” in what they served and how it was delivered fared better during the pandemic regardless of location, a just-released study of COVID-19’s toll on local eateries found. Research by a Western University team studied the impact through 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, on more […]