Lucknow Sentinel

Youth group learns about apple trees, makes fresh applesauce

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It was a perfect September day for the Ripley and District Horticultural Society’s “For our Youth” (FOY) club to meet at leader Rhonda’s rural property south of Kincardine. Her beautifully treed yard and different varieties of apple trees promised great things for the day’s activities. We began with a roll call (What’s your favourite apple […]

Grey County Owen Sound Sun Times

Man calls on Grey County to act on local groundwater threat

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Thorsten Arnold warned Grey County council Thursday that it must act to avoid widespread drinking water contamination due to a combination of local factors.  This area’s karst geology is well known, with its shallow soil layer over permeable bedrock in places which reduces aquifer protection. The geology includes sinkholes and fissures which allow surface contaminants to […]

London Free Press

1 week, 2 stabbings at London high schools: A review of recent youth violence

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Two stabbings within a one-week span at London high schools, both resulting in youths taken to hospital, including one who suffered serious injuries. Although uncommon, the recent incidents aren’t the only instances of knife violence among the city’s youths. Here are some other occurrences. THURSDAY A male youth was found suffering from stab wounds around […]