Tag: Local News
Sarnia-Michigan border logjam cleared overnight: Officials
SARNIA – Traffic cameras on Highway 402 in Sarnia showed trucks moving normally Wednesday morning in the westbound lanes leading to the Blue Water Bridge border crossing.
We asked: Should Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch step down?
On the streets of Woodstock, opinions varied whether Mayor Trevor Birtch should continue or step aside while his criminal charges are before the court. Birtch was charged last week with assault, sexual assault and sexual assault with choking. He isn’t taking part in meetings of the Woodstock police services board while an oversight body investigates, […]
London city council briefs: Anti-Islamophobia plan, business pilot
News and notes from Tuesday night’s meeting at city hall: Plan to ‘disrupt Islamophobia’ endorsed A sweeping strategy to “disrupt Islamophobia” in London was endorsed unanimously on Tuesday night, prompting powerful comments from several city politicians. “I was born here . . . Still being treated as ‘other’ is just the weirdest thing,” Ward 6 […]
London’s proposed climate action plan exposes divide among councillors
An ambitious but necessary roadmap to take action on climate change, or an “aspirational” document that won’t be accepted by Londoners? City politicians are divided. A plan to back up London’s climate emergency declaration, nearly three years after it was proclaimed by city council, finally was debated by politicians Tuesday night. It exposed a gulf […]
Patients file for intervener status in Kilian court hearing
Some patients of Dr. Rochagne Kilian have filed a motion to be included in a court hearing dealing with an application by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to compel the suspended doctor to co-operate with an investigation into her practice. On Tuesday, Ontario Superior Court Justice Andra Pollak adjourned the proceedings of […]