Tag: Hamilton
Strike threat looms over colleges in Southwestern Ontario, across province
London’s Fanshawe College and its peers across Southwestern Ontario and provincewide are bracing for a strike that could mark the start of 2025 amid a breakdown in labour talks with the union representing faculty and other staffers.
Accused over thumbnails: Inside one family’s digital nightmare
A knock at the door. A police search. A rose gold iPhone. Child pornography allegations. Shocking as the charges were against his son, a Woodstock father says the family ordeal that followed shattered his faith in the justice system. Brian Williams reports. CHAPTER 1: THE SEARCH WARRANT A knock at the Spina householdâs front door […]
Is this Jim? Is that Ned? Court documents shed new light on mystery duo
SARNIA â A pair of names has been attached to the two mystery men arrested here amid a probe into allegations a homeowner was asked to pay for eavestrough work that wasnât done, but police and border officials are still trying to confirm theyâre real. Sarnia police said the men, arrested Monday after a homeowner […]
Two measles cases in Grey-Bruce linked to New Brunswick outbreak
Two now resolved cases of measles and six other probable cases in two Grey-Bruce households have been linked to an outbreak in New Brunswick. Grey-Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Arra said Thursday that the cases reported to the health unit in late October and November have been epidemiologically linked to the large outbreak that […]
Students join fight to keep books containing N-word in Catholic board classes
High-profile criticism of a London District Catholic school board push against assigning books that contain the N-word to avoid causing emotional harm in classrooms is being echoed by a group of two dozen students at one city high school. At Regina Mundi Catholic College â which is at the centre of the fallout of the […]
Mystery men: Police offer new details on arrested, but unidentified, duo
SARNIA â Sarnia police and Canadian border investigators were still trying on Thursday to identify two unknown men arrested earlier this week amid a probe into allegations a homeowner was asked to pay for eavestrough work that wasnât done. Sarnia police previously said the men produced identification from another country after a homeowner on Franklin […]
Fay Harshman remembered as caring and generous
Fay Ellen Harshman, a local entrepreneur and community benefactor, died Sunday in her home, surrounded by her family. She was 86. She was well known as the owner of multiple Tim Hortons franchises and as a member of the “Super Six” business group that purchased the then-Owen Sound Platers to prevent the OHL team from […]
City politician reflects on ‘making a bit of a scene’ with mid-debate exit
A first-term city councillor expressed no regrets about abruptly exiting a debate over rejigged ward boundaries, arguing his political colleagues were ignoring his and his constituents’ wishes. Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister walked out of a Tuesday meeting and didn’t return as city politicians debated changes to London’s 14 ward boundaries â including to his […]
Teacher faces probe for speaking out on London board’s N-word policy
The London District Catholic school board has put a teacher on paid leave pending an investigation after she spoke out about the boardâs policy on books containing the N-word, The Free Press has learned. Lawrence Hill â author of 11 books, including the Book of Negroes â spoke with Heather Hamilton last month about how […]