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South Bruce voters narrowly approve being host to nuclear waste
By a thin majority, the answer in South Bruce was yes. The referendum question — Are you in favour of the Municipality of South Bruce declaring South Bruce to be a willing host for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR)? resulted in 51.2 per cent, or 1,604, of voters saying yes, […]
South Bruce residents divided as DGR voting nears end
Teeswater’s residents are divided by the prospect of burying spent nuclear fuel in a deep, underground vault, people said in interviews outside the community’s post office Monday. Nuclear Waste Management Organization has secured land for a possible DGR site northwest of Teeswater, part of South Bruce. If the area is selected, the NWMO would build […]
Honouring our Local Veterans ceremony brings family together
West Coast artist Helen Downing-Hunter was just a newborn when the RAF Lancaster her father James Downing was piloting crashed in July 1944 while conducting nighttime air operations against Stuttgart, Germany, during the Second World War. But now, some 80 years later, it is through her late father’s war heritage that she has reconnected with family in Owen […]
BAA Wrap: Moric and Leary win gold, Thunder blast Lions
SENIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL Emma French and Olive Eikins combined for 14 of the Georgian Bay Thunder’s 27 points as the Meaford school defended home court with a 27-11 win over the Grey Highlands Lions on Thursday. With the win, the Thunder improved to 3-2 on the year and moved into second place in the Bluewater […]
Never Shall Their Glory Fade details the history of Huron’s cenotaphs
HURON – Just in time for Remembrance Day, a new book by prize-winning photographer Conrad Kuiper and local historian David Yates illustrates through pictures and stories the story of Huron County’s cenotaphs. A press release describes Never Shall Their Glory Fade: The History of Huron County’s Cenotaphs as an important contribution to an important era […]
Local couple creating biodiversity through public pollinator gardens
Having insects chomp at the plant life in your garden could seem like a downer for some, but for one local couple, it’s a major victory. “People will get upset because something is eating the leaves (of their plants), but we get excited when we see something is eating the leaves because then we’re thinking […]
Rookie London Knights forward’s work ethic earning locker-room praise
Cohen Bidgood earned the ultimate thumbs up from the London Knights organization this week. He was named the hardest-working player for the first month of the OHL season by his teammates. âEvery night, Iâm just trying to help and play my role,â the 17-year-old forward said. âNot everyone can be a 50-goal scorer like (Easton) […]
New rink floor at Bayshore will fix long-standing ice issue
When a new concrete slab and piping beneath the floor at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre ice rink are installed next spring, it will correct an ice quality issue since the facility opened in 1983. A thinner slab, combined with new pipes which will allow faster heat transfer to make ice faster, and allow for […]
Pickleball booms, and a new London facility opens its doors: ‘Amazing sport’
Having just come off the court at Londonâs newest pickleball facility, Kathleen Steele is sweating up a storm â but she’s not too out of breath to talk about Smash. âItâs a great atmosphere,â said Steele, who has played pickleball for 12 years in and around London. âIâve already run into so many people I’ve […]
An old London neighbourhood, a new type of housing: ‘We need infill’
One of Londonâs oldest neighbourhoods could soon make space for the starter home of the future as part of a project that would turn two boarded-up properties into 18 new units. City council last month moved to rezone large parts of the city to allow for greater housing density and this proposal is the type […]