Tag: Homeless
Bruce Power spreads holiday cheer by donating $320,000 to local initiatives
Bruce Power and its suppliers have donated $320,000 to local holiday initiatives including toy drives, food banks and soup kitchens. Partnering with its employees, suppliers, the United Way Bruce Grey and the community at large, $55,000 was raised for 19 local toy drives and hamper programs, while the company also donated $2,000 to each of […]
A ‘brutal’ daily lottery decides who gets in, who gets left out at London shelter
The names are drawn and the lucky 30 have a warm place to stay the night. The rest, well, who knows for sure?
‘One step forward and 50 back’: London woman’s home dream upended
Tanya Burke, a London woman who moved into an apartment in November after two years of living on the streets, hoped the Christmas holidays would be different this year. For three weeks, the 44-year-old was happy and grateful to have a roof over her head. She cleaned up her modest basement apartment in a multi-unit […]
City council’s code of conduct: One politician, four probes in the past year
Here’s how city council’s code of conduct works, and who’s been in the spotlight.
Letters to the Editor: December 20, 2024
Teacher should be congratulated; Students should protest by reading
Community members relieved, angered over charges in Sharif Rahman’s death
Most who stopped to talk in downtown Owen Sound Thursday expressed relief and compassion for beloved city restaurateur Sharif Rahman’s family. But others also called for vengeance the day after police named three United Kingdom citizens as suspects, charged in connection with what police allege was the manslaughter death of Rahman, a community-minded 44-year-old husband […]
Anxiety, anger and a punished London city councillor’s defiance
City council took the ultra-rare step of docking her a month’s pay for past conduct.
Susan Stevenson losing 30 days’ pay for ‘bullying, harassment’
A London city councillor with a history of controversial social media posts will be docked 30 days’ pay in a punishment meted out by her colleagues
