Tag: Local News
Without a midway, Wiarton Rotary plans to reinvent its Civic weekend
Wiarton’s Rotary Club threw birthday bash Sunday marking its 85th anniversary afternoon and everyone was invited. The free event included a barbecue, inflatable slide and lawn games, Petunia the Clown and more in Bluewater Park, the same space the cancelled Rotary Village Fair has used for generations. Kids painted and played with golf ball-sized robots […]
Regional unemployment rate declines amid net job loss
The unemployment rate in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 4.3 per cent in July but there was a net loss of 700 jobs, Statistics Canada figures show. The provincial unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage points to 5.9%. Both rates are unadjusted for seasonality, a monthly bulletin from the […]
LFP Archives: Reflecting on Ontario’s really big blackout, 20 years later
August 14, 2003 – the day tens of millions of people in Ontario and parts of the U.S. saw their lives screech to a halt amid a massive blackout that lasted the better part of a day.
Emancipation festival welcomes cyclists from U.S.
Alex Williams stood at the Black History Cairn in Harrison Park Saturday: the end of a 15-day bicycle journey which traced the Underground Railroad route that escaping U.S. slaves used to reach freedom in Canada. “It’s been very rewarding, we shed tears,” the 47-year-old married father of three from Normal, Ill. said. He and eight […]
Voters elect Greg Nadjiwon as Nawash chief
Chippewas of Nawawh Unceded First Nation voters elected Greg Nadjiwon as chief over the incumbent Friday. Nadjiwon, a former chief and councillor, was elected with 291 votes over Veronica Smith, who received 218. Smith also ran for a councillor position, as rules in the election permitted, but was not elected, the statement of votes from […]