Tag: Local News
Expanded London biogas company now nation’s largest food-waste diversion plant
A London company that turns organic waste into fuel has expanded at its plant, making it the largest food-waste diversion plant in Canada. StormFisher has built a third facility at its south London site, along Green Valley Road near the Hwy. 401, to make more fuel out of waste from across the region. “This is […]
Want to make your home net zero? This group can show you how
Skylar Franke wanted to live in a net-zero home by 2030.
Bluewater board forwards parents letter detailing province’s plans
The Bluewater District School Board has forwarded a letter to parents with some details about Ontario’s plan to return to in-person learning on Wednesday. In the letter signed by Education Minister Stephen Lecce and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore, it said health and safety in schools is a top priority and the […]
Man arrested after break-in, vehicle theft in Southampton
A Bruce County man has been charged after a residence was broken into in Southampton and a vehicle was stolen early Sunday morning. Just before 5:30 a.m., Saugeen Shores police received a call of a break and enter in progress at a residence. A man had forced his way into a home and demanded the […]
Pandemic helps London software developer make inroads in U.S. health-care market
A London software developer has landed a deal with a Texas-based health-care provider to enable patient care, from a distance. Sensory Technologies on Collip Circle is partnering with Resilient Healthcare that will use Sensory’s eShift software for in-home patient care. For Sensory Technologies, it is a major inroad into the U.S. market, chief executive Patrick […]
COVID-19 cases growing among London hospital workers as Omicron rages
COVID-19 cases among employees at London’s largest hospital have now nearly tripled from levels recorded nearly a week ago. London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) now has 152 staff, or roughly one per cent of its 15,000 employees, who have tested positive for the virus, up from 104 reported Tuesday. “This amounts approximately to one per […]
With limited Pfizer in Grey-Bruce those over 30 to be given Moderna
Due to a limited supply of the Pfizer vaccine, Grey-Bruce residents over the age of 30 will be provided with doses of Moderna in the coming weeks. Based on provincial supply and direction, the Grey Bruce Health Unit will be operating with a limited supply of the Pfizer vaccine in the coming weeks, the health […]
Replacement EV charger the gift that keeps on giving for London green retailer
When Heenal Rajani opened Reimagine Co, his package-free Piccadilly Street grocery store, late last year, he dreamed of offering an electric vehicle charger to encourage customers and other businesses to use EVs and help save the planet, he says. His dream came true less than a month later – and eventually helped see his business […]
Chatsworth family welcomes Grey-Bruce’s first baby of 2022
Cassandra Abbott, Cory Wallace and their two children were preparing to ring in 2022 together Saturday night, when plans suddenly changed. The Chatsworth couple, who were soon expecting their third child, decided they would let Celeste, 7, and Roman, 6, stay up late so they could welcome in 2022 together as a family. But as […]
More income inequality leads to more COVID cases: Western researcher
A Western University researcher says his team’s research of income inequality in 127 countries found that countries with greater income inequality had higher rates of COVID-19 cases and more deaths, at least in the pre-vaccine stage of the pandemic. James Davies, a professor in the university’s department of economics, said the rate of economic distance […]