Tag: pandemic
Michiganâs third unemployment director since 2020 is stepping down
Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency Director Julia Dale told staffers sheâs leaving to accept a job with a nonprofit. Appointed in 2021, Dale is the agencyâs third director since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic….
Pearson: Leave loneliness behind for good this holiday season
Something is off. We don’t feel quite like who we were as a community just a few years ago.
Children’s Museum meets cash goal, set to open in new spot in early 2025
Officials with the London Childrenâs Museum say they’ve raised enough money to open in their new home early next year.
London-area adds 3,000 new jobs as employment trend stays positive
The London-area economy added close to 3,000 jobs in November, but the regionâs jobless rate still edged up last month as more people looked for work, Statistics Canada reported Friday. In total, the London area, which also takes in St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex County, added 2,700 new positions, marking the […]
Q+A: Canada’s veterans ombud, Nishika Jardine, on soldiers’ needs, her priorities
Canada’s veterans ombud, Nishika Jardine, is visiting Southwestern Ontario this week to hear from veterans about their concerns on such issues as health care, pensions and disability claims.
LHSC, St. Joseph’s resuscitate shared executive role
A former London Health Sciences Centre executive is returning to the hospitalâs top ranks, a new vice-president role LHSC is sharing with St. Josephâs Health Care London. Â
Grey Bruce OPP busy with collisions during storm
Grey Bruce OPP received 57 collision reports during the snowstorm from Friday to Sunday. Many drivers struggled due to icy roads, snow, and poor visibility but there were no serious injuries reported in any of the collisions, Const. Krista Linthorne said by email Monday. She suggested the lack of serious injuries was related to drivers […]
Sauble ski club is back in business
Winter weather has arrived and Sauble Beach Ski & Snowshoe Club is ready to put that snow to use, when more arrives. Even if this first blast of winter is short-lived, the ski club successfully weathered the theft of its trail-maintenance and grooming equipment last summer and is back in business this season. “We have […]
Michiganâs surplus sale: deals on pans, thermometers, more in time for holidays
Michiganâs surplus sale is Friday: Inventory isnât just excess office furniture. Shoppers also will find unused toys, cast-iron pans and forehead thermometers left over from the pandemic….
Baranyai: Too often, consequences mistaken for censorship
This fall, a social worker in Yukon temporarily was stripped of her professional registration in B.C. for endorsing conspiracy theories.