Tag: Homeless
Funding ‘challenges’ force Craigwood Youth Services to close
A London-based agency that has provided care for troubled adolescents and their families in the London region for 70 years is closing, it announced Monday. Craigwood Youth Services cited “significant funding challenges” and changes in how youth services are delivered in the province as factors in its decision. âThis has been an incredibly difficult decision,â […]
London charities’ holiday campaigns feel pinch as Canada Post strike drags on
The Canada Post strike is forcing London charities to pivot during prime holiday giving season, finding different ways to reach donors that typically drop a cheque in the mail at this time of year.  Both the Business Cares Food Drive, the single-largest annual campaign in support of the London Food Bank, and the Ark Aid […]
Doug Ford promises to get tougher on the homeless. Is it a good idea
Ontario’s premier is pledging new legislation which promises a crackdown on public drug use and encampments and get more people indoors and into treatment, whether it violates their rights or not.
Lambton College international student killed in stabbing
An international student from India who was studying at Lambton College was fatally stabbed in an altercation Sunday at a Sarnia rooming house, multiple sources say. Gurasis Singh, 22, was in his first year studying business management, the Sarnia-based college confirmed in a statement Tuesday. âStudents are at the heart of Lambton College, and the […]
London budget: The journey to a 7.3 % tax hike, and a dire warning for 2026
Its official, property taxes will be increasing in the new year by over seven per cent â marginally lower than what was forecast in late October to help fund London’s $1.4 billion spending plan.