Tag: Local News
Youth horticultural club learns about apples, foraging
The autumn equinox proved to be a beautiful day for the Ripley and District Horticultural Youth Club, For Our Youth (FOY), meeting at leader Kimberlee’s place, Someday Farm. Helper Jade Lowry, along with Abby Philipson and Jaclyne Newman, introduced members to the Ambrosia apple. Named for the Greek word meaning “food of the gods,” everyone […]
Kincardine resident named to Indigenous Advisory Committee
A local business owner is helping guide the province toward economic reconciliation. “I think one of the most important things on the path to reconciliation is the economic side of it. That’s how we change the culture,” said Tracy Primeau, owner of Agile Bear Consulting in Kincardine, in an interview Sept. 26. Recently, the Ontario […]
Crime Report: Watchdog probes driver’s injury; one call, two arrests
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a man was injured during a traffic stop in St. Thomas, police say.
Cottage vandalized in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
Huron County OPP is investigating damage to a seasonal cottage in the township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh. According to a police media release, sometime between July 22 and Sept. 13, the exterior and interior of a lakefront cottage on Hunter’s Road was vandalized, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. All the cottage’s windows were smashed, interior drywall […]
London-area boards can’t resume police-in-schools program: Activist
An advocate for police-free schools is urging trustees at the region’s largest school board to permanently abandon its school resource officer program, calling it “a human rights violation.” Andrea Vasquez-Jimenex is director and principal consultant of Policing-Free Schools. She said she has “major concerns since the inception of the review” three years by both the […]