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Addict sent to prison after trying to steal woman’s vehicle at pizza joint
A man who used a knife to try and steal a womanâs vehicle while she was loading a pizza box into the back seat has been sent to prison.
The LFP Podcast, ep. 176: Inside a local NHL star’s $7.9M mega-mansion
Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Brian Williams, who wrote about NHL star Ryan O’Reilly and the Lake Huron mega-mansion he’s selling for $7.9 million
Q+A: Local Order of Canada inductees Joe Miskokomon, Susie Matthias
The Order of Canada has been bestowed on two people in the region, one for her dedication to the arts and the other for his lifetime of work with Indigenous people.
Western University: On-campus protesters building ‘more permanent’ base
Western University pledged to take action as an on-campus encampment protesting Israel nears the two-month mark with students bringing in new materials to build a fortified barricade, school officials say. Officials on Friday cited “egregious abuse” in the University Community Centre â adjacent to the pro-Palestine encampment, in place since May 8 â and other […]
Londoner Alysha Newman pumped as she prepares for third Olympics
Alysha Newman almost always flies high in France.
So long Papa’s: Family-owned pizzeria closing after 52 years
Tony Buragina’s earliest memory of Papa’s Pizzeria and Restaurant is as a little boy eating spumoni ice cream in a back room as his father and mother worked the restaurant they owned.
First talks in three-week strike at defence supplier fruitless: Union
Talks between the union representing workers at an Ingersoll-based defence industry supplier and the company made little progress in ending a strike now in its fourth week, a union leader says.
Protestors and police feature at hospital organization’s AGM in Walkerton
When Jana White and a few dozen other people disappointed in their local hospital organization arrived at the Best Western Plus parking lot to protest Wednesday night in Walkerton, a police officer greeted them and asked them to vacate the area. White said the Save the Durham Hospital committee protestors made it a few steps […]
From Waters to Table: The story of the Great Lakes whitefish | Great Lakes Now
This article was made in collaboration with Native News Online.
Whitefish, a pale, silvery and green-brown freshwater fish is Native to the Great Lakes Basin and a staple in the community, food, and culture of Native tribes surrounding the Great Lakes. The Anishinaabe people have held the whitefish in high regard since creation.
London mouth artist named to Order of Canada
Renowned London mouth artist Theresa Helen (Susie) Matthias was named to the Order of Canada on Thursday, among the federal government’s highest honours.