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Making up for lost trees | Great Lakes Now
The rain started more than an hour before we arrived at an acre of marginal farmland that’s wedged between a house on a nearby hill and Sharon Creek. A tributary of the Thames River, Sharon Creek is a waterway that wends 170 miles through southwestern Ontario before emptying into Lake.
Fundraising run in memory of Tyson Downs to raise money for genetic heart condition research
Balmy Beach brain cancer survivor Jesse Walker is running to raise money this summer in memory of his friend Tyson Downs and support of research into devastating genetic heart conditions. Downs died unexpectedly a year ago at age 18. The gifted athlete with plans to study civil engineering at Conestoga College played with the Owen […]
Father delivers powerful message at vigil for slain daughter: ‘Do what you can’
Brett Broadfoot had a clear message for the crowd gathered at a northeast London park: Everybody needs to take action to stop intimate partner violence. The grieving father of homicide victim Breanna Broadfoot, 17, spoke to the more than 200 people attending a candlelight vigil Wednesday night at Ed Blake Park. âThe message here this […]
Man who killed girlfriend had been charged with assaulting her
An 18-year-old man shot and killed by London police after fatally stabbing his girlfriend last week had been ordered to stay away from her
Wiarton gearing up for first annual Homecoming Weekend
A new event is planned for Wiarton on the Civic Holiday weekend this year. The first annual Wiarton Homecoming Weekend will take over the South Bruce Peninsula town, building on the annual Wiarton Rotary Village Rotary Fair, which was discontinued in 2023 after more than 82 years. Joe Vanderzand of the organizing committee said Tuesday […]