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Suspected drug poisonings lead to opioid alert in Grey-Bruce
Another opioid alert has been issued in Grey-Bruce after the local health unit was notified of two fatal and two-non-fatal suspected drug poisonings. The suspected drug poisonings occurred in Owen Sound and Meaford over the past seven days, with fentanyl suspected in three of the cases, including one fatality, Grey Bruce Public Health said in […]
Woman dies after being pulled from Goderich harbour: OPP
A woman from Huron County has died after she was pulled from the water near the Goderich pier on Wednesday. Emergency crews and the Canadian Coast Guard responded shortly before noon to a report of an unconscious person in the water in Goderich, along Lake Huron. The woman was found by the Coast Guard and […]
The electric energy future could be wasting away in a junk drawer | Great Lakes Echo
By Gabrielle Nelson Lily Wilkin has four old phones tucked away in her closet — and no plans to recycle them. “I keep them for nostalgia,” she said. Wilkin works at Best Buy, the nation’s largest retail collector of electronic waste — from CRT TVs to hard drives to fans. Wilkin said at least two […]
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Energy News Roundup: Amid national attention, Great Lakes states continue their push to electrify | Great Lakes Now
The 2024 presidential race is heating up, and politicians from the Great Lakes region are in the spotlight on both sides of the aisle. Energy can be a divisive issue around here. The state lawmakers in contention for vice president reflect that. Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen.
Anonymous $1.1M donation saves program for low-income London women
A London program that offers affordable housing and other supports to low-income women in the city will continue, thanks to a $1.1-million gift from an anonymous donor to the Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services
Five things to know about London Ribfest
The annual celebration of all things barbecued and grilled unfolds over five days in Victoria Park starting Thursday. Reporter Beatriz Baleeiro previews the festival and what to expect. THE BIG PICTURE Running through Monday’s August civic holiday, the meat-lover’s festival turns a stretch of Wellington Street along Victoria Park into what’s known as Ribber’s Row, […]
Crime severity index data for Grey-Bruce, by police service
Statistics Canada’s annual crime severity index and weighted clearance rates for police services in Ontario include data for Grey-Bruce. The conventional crime rate is a measure of crime volume. It adds up all crimes reported by police and divides that total by the population for the area. This means a murder has the same impact […]
Owen Sound’s violent crime severity index two-thirds higher in 2023
Owen Sound’s violent crime severity index soared in 2023 over the year before. Unlike the conventional crime rate, the violent crime severity index is weighted, with more serious but less frequent offences, like first-degree murder, given a CSI rating 280 times greater than property theft, for instance. The city’s crime severity index was 123.41 in […]
Man acquitted in 2014 cellphone slaying sought in downtown shooting
A London man acquitted nine years ago in the shooting death of a Fanshawe College student trying to retrieve his stolen cellphone is one of three suspects sought in a downtown shooting last week that injured a man. Police were alerted by hospital officials around 5 a.m. on July 21 that a man had showed […]