Tag: kids
Whitmer touts free community college. It’s not true for all Michigan kids | Bridge Michigan
A new Michigan program guarantees free community college â but only if you live in a community college district, and 1 in 5 students donât….
Man signs peace bond, cleared of assault charge at Christmas event
A 63-year-old man charged after police said kids at a Christmas event in Point Edward were chased by a baseball bat-wielding person who also flashed a knife was cleared of the charge after agreeing to a peace bond.
Michigan touts ‘free pre-K for all.’ It’s more complicated than that | Bridge Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says Michigan is providing âaccess to free pre-K for every 4-year-old.â But less than half of eligible kids are expected to enroll….
Experts fret as summer toll of Southwestern Ontario drownings hits 12
The heavy summer drowning toll in Southwestern Ontario underscores the need to better communicate water safety messages, some experts say. Two people drowned in Lake Erie over the weekend, in Leamington and near Turkey Point, raising the toll from that lake alone to four deaths this summer. There have also been at least eight other […]
A little windy but Sandfest sculptors turn out anyway
It was so windy at Sauble Beach Sandfest on Saturday that at times the blowing sand stung. The wind pushed the lake up the beach, close enough to make a visitor wonder how much closer the water might get to the sand sculptures at the centre of the annual event. But it was still an […]