Tag: pandemic
Not budging: Meet London’s nine-year (and counting) hospital patient
Staying put in a hospital he admits he doesn’t need, in a standoff over his care wants, Roger Foley is an extreme example of a bed-blocker.
Owen Sound man’s Lego Chi-Cheemaun making big waves
When contemplating his latest big project, local Lego creator Ken Reid wanted to replicate a landmark that best symbolized Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce. But when he started thinking about what to build there wasn’t any particular building that jumped out at him as one that was representative of the Scenic City or the surrounding area. […]
The Legacy of Chief Blackstone: Ojibwe resistance in Great Lakes history
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.
One city hall politician wants answers as to whether the city can recoup $1 million in lost property tax revenue from a London cricket processing plant now facing bankruptcy.
One city politician wants answers as to whether city hall can recoup $1 million in lost property tax revenue from a London cricket processing plant now facing bankruptcy.
Traverse City Methodist church merger ‘a century in the making’
Central United Methodist Church in Traverse City will gain some of Traverse Bay UMC’s members after a vote to merge passed last month.