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Small town opens shelter as rural homelessness concerns deepen
An Elgin County housing coalition is preparing to open the area’s first emergency homeless shelter, a sign of deepening rural homelessness. The Homelessness Coalition of West Elgin and Dutton Dunwich — home to a combined population of nearly 9,000 — is set to open the emergency shelter at St. Mary Parish in West Lorne on Friday night. “I’m so happy […]
As Confederate flag flew at London home, petition urges city-wide ban
An online petition has been launched asking the City of London to ban the Confederate flag from being displayed in public after the controversial symbol was spotted outside a south-end home.
Two charged in $68K drug bust
London police say two people face charges after officers seized over $68,000 worth of drugs in raids of two homes in the east end of the city.
St. Thomas police officers join effort to end Ottawa demonstration
St. Thomas police officers are among those moving in on demonstrators who have been occupying downtown Ottawa for the past three weeks.
Local U-13 teams are both Silver Stick champions
The Kincardine Regional Silver Stick tournament ran for three days from February 11-13 between Tiverton, Kincardine and Ripley arenas, after being cancelled in January due to Covid. The four local U-15 and U-13 teams all made it to the finals, however the two U-15 teams lost in the final game while both U-13 teams won […]