Goderich Signal Star

Gateway CERH receives donation from Zehrs Goderich

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GODERICH – Members of Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) recently visited the Zehrs Goderich store to receive a donation valued at $500 from store manager Jim Bissett. “Zehrs Goderich has been a generous donor to Gateway CERH over the years,” Gateway said in a press release. “Funding from the Zehrs donation goes […]

Great Lakes Now Lake Superior Michigan

Waves of Change: Meet Protect the Porkies founder Tom Grotewohl

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Waves of Change: Meet Protect the Porkies founder Tom Grotewohl

Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.

This month, we spoke with Tom Grotewohl, a resident of Wakefield Township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and founder of the Protect the Porkies campaign.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

London Free Press

Booze giant pauses plans for $245M Southwestern Ontario whisky distillery

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SARNIA – An international company that announced plans two years ago to build a $245-million whisky distillery in St. Clair Township has told municipal officials the project has been paused. Diageo, a multinational beverage alcohol company, initially said the site near Sarnia would start making Crown Royal Canadian whisky brand by 2025. Later, the company […]

London Free Press

Councillors balk at adding more homeless encampment depots

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London’s program to provide people who live in homeless encampments with food, water, garbage cleanup and portable washrooms is on shaky ground, after city councillors floated a lifeline until the end of February. Councillors ultimately voted 10-5 at a meeting Tuesday of city council’s strategic priorities and policy committee to endorse letting depots as they […]