Tag: Garbage
Festival of Northern Lights hit by unprecedented vandalism
Festival of Northern Lights volunteers are vowing not to be deterred despite unprecedented vandalism they have experienced to the festival displays this year. On Monday evening, festival chair Jamie Walpole issued a statement on the vandalism, which began before the lights were even turned on Nov 16, and has continued in the days since. “This […]
In Detroit’s Poletown East neighborhood, residents find healing among the trees
By Ethan Bakuli, Planet Detroit
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On any given morning, Marcel Wyckoff wakes up in Poletown East to a chorus of birds chirping in the forest outside his window.
One year in, signs of promise and progress at London’s ‘House of Hope’
Statistics from the first year suggest that highly supportive housing changes the lives of even the most troubled people living on London’s streets and make the streets themselves safer for everyone.
‘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 […]
Councillors balk at adding more homeless encampment depots
London’s program to provide people who live in homeless encampments with food, water, garbage cleanup and portable washrooms is on shaky ground, after city councillors floated a lifeline until the end of February. Councillors ultimately voted 10-5 at a meeting Tuesday of city council’s strategic priorities and policy committee to endorse letting depots as they […]
Neighbour still irked over school-related troubles, despite some students’ efforts
Little has changed on the front lawn of a Woodstock family â a gathering place for as many as 80 unwelcome College Avenue secondary school students â since they went public with their concerns last month. But what has been done since The Free Press detailed the issues is the work of the high schoolers […]
Sauble Beach luxury hotel welcoming guests
A luxury hotel in Sauble Beach has opened to guests. It was announced on Monday that the four-storey, 21-room Sands Hotel at 119 Lakeshore Blvd. N. had opened in time for the Thanksgiving weekend on Oct. 12-14. The hotel’s restaurant is scheduled to open in late November. “We had a delightfully busy Thanksgiving Weekend, and […]
Coyotes roaming Michigan | Great Lakes Echo
By Anna Rossow Capital News Service Some residents across Michigan are becoming more familiar with unexpected visitors roaming the streets. Coyote sightings in residential neighborhoods have become more common due to the canines’ drive for food and quick adaptability skills, experts say. Coyotes prey on rabbits, chipmunks and squirrels, small animals that enter in and […]
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Fence eyed for homeowner besieged by unruly high school students
Woodstock’s mayor says fence may be solution for family who say College Ave. students fight, smoke, litter and destroy grass on their yard.