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Plan to move students scrapped as enrolment holds steady downtown
The regionâs largest school board is walking back a plan to relocate more than 100 Old North pupils after predictions of a spike in the number of students downtown failed to materialize.
Living wage in Grey-Bruce $23.05 per hour, report says
It costs more to live in Grey-Bruce than anywhere else in the province outside of Toronto, according to the 2024 Ontario Living Wage Network’s latest report. A resident of the Grey, Bruce, Perth, Huron, Simcoe region needs to earn $23.05 hours per 40-hour work week to make ends meet this year, which is up 1.3 […]
Why does fast-growing London rank 47th in Canada in housing starts?
A new report highlights just how inadequate Londonâs pace of home construction has been over the last six years, ranking the city â one of the nation’s fastest-growing â 47th in Canada.
Markdale senior dies after crash in Brockton
A Markdale resident has died after a crash in Brockton on Wednesday morning. Just before 9 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a crash on Bruce Road 20 near Concession 2 northeast of Riversdale. Police found two passenger vehicles involved. Two patients were taken to hospital by ambulance, and a 76-year-old from Markdale […]
Key witness holds firm at bush party homicide trial: ‘I know what I saw’
Despite the repeated attacks on her story, Jessica Falardeau maintained: âI know what I saw.â
Loved ones express grief as sentencing nears for impaired driver who killed boy
ST. THOMAS â More than 20 grieving loved ones expressed their pain in court Wednesday as sentencing loomed for an impaired driver who killed an 11-year-old boy who was walking home from getting ice cream. Aiden Curtis was killed on July 4, 2023, after being struck by an out-of-control pickup truck driven by Nicholas Lemke, […]
Touchdown! Red-hot Detroit Lions plan watch party in downtown London
The NFL’s No. 1 team is looking for some London love. In what may be a local first, the red-hot Detroit Lions have announced a watch party for one of their upcoming games â Dec. 22 against Chicago, with fans invited to view it downtown on the big screens inside Canada Life Place. “The Lions […]
Jewish group speaks out amid probe into antisemitic graffiti at London school
An organization representing London’s Jewish community is thanking police for their swift action after an elementary school in the cityâs northwest was targeted with antisemitic graffiti for the second time in four months.
Friendly snowy owl joins Great Lakes ship crew
Before arriving in Two Harbors, Minnesota, a friendly snowy owl landed on the Great Lakes freighter James R. Barker on Monday, much to the crew’s delight. Read the full story […]
AMGH launches time capsule initiative in honour of Diabetes Awareness Month
GODERICH – In honour of Diabetes Awareness Month, Alexandra Marine and General Hospital (AMGH) has launched an initiative that combines community involvement, hope and the promise of medical advancement: the creation of a time capsule dedicated to the fight against diabetes. AMGH invited staff, patients and visitors to contribute personal items, messages and mementos to […]