Tag: May
Summer movie season keeping film crews busy in London
Just call London, Hollywood North. One film is being shot in the city and two more are on tap to get cameras rolling in August, said Andrew Dodd, director of Film London, the city agency charged with expanding the film industry here. The film schedule may grow even busier as Film London also received support […]
Dyer: Pragmatism, not pity, should guide Democrats as Joe Biden flounders
It really doesnât matter whether Joe Biden is in peak condition intellectually during a second term as president. He did some useful things in his first term, but his main job now is to stop Donald Trump from coming back. If he succeeded in doing that and went gaga immediately afterwards, the ship of state […]
London teen’s blue-box mining strikes community chord: ‘Pretty cool’
A London teenager who got the third degree for picking through blue boxes to help save up for his education has received an outpouring of community support, his mother says. For more than three years, 14-year-old Brise Refflinghaus, who has autism, has scoured the curbside collection bins in his east London neighbourhood on recycling day, […]
Six months in, London’s green-bin use ticks up to 60 per cent
The slow rollout of green bins to apartment and condo buildings in London may seem like cause for concern, but the city says the $15-million program overall is meeting expectations and has the support of the public. In a report heading to city council’s civic works committee Tuesday, data shows that the participation rate stands […]
‘We were chosen’: 122 newborns, one couple’s epic foster care journey
Don and Nancy Matthews, now in their 70s, fostered a small village of infants over the years. Only reluctantly has the Southwestern Ontario couple stopped. LFP’s Randy Richmond reports STRATFORD â Nancy Matthews always wanted a lot of babies. The love they need, the love they give â she can list any number of reasons […]