Tag: Plans
Pen pals finally meet – after more than 60 years: ‘Feels great’
CHATHAM â The 1956 marriage of Carol Robertâs sister led to a pen-pal friendship that has stretched across more than 60 years and finally reached an in-person milestone on Sunday. Robertâs new brother-in-law, Jim Toler from West Virginia, told her his brother had a daughter named Chyrl who would like to be her pen pal. […]
Amid city hall overhaul, adjacent apartment tenants ask: What about us?
Will the redevelopment of London’s city hall campus affect the apartments at the Centennial House building next door? It’s unlikely any time soon, but the uncertainty is giving some tenants anxiety. The city’s plan to redevelop the city-owned land, which includes city hall at 300 Dufferin Ave., Centennial Hall, Reg Cooper Square, and the Centennial […]
Boris Panovski’s lawyer to make case for directed verdicts
Boris Panovskiâs defence lawyer wants the judge to consider acquittals for the two charges he faces before she decides whether to call any further evidence at lengthy murder re-trial.
London downtown office vacancy rate hits record high of 30%
Nearly one in three downtown offices in London are empty, as the vacancy rate for the core edged past 30 per cent for the first time, CBRE, the commercial realty firm, reported Tuesday.
Thames Valley board chair urges Queen’s Park to cough up $30M
Thames Valley District school board trustees are urging Queenâs Park to do what they say is the provinceâs responsibility â provide more funding to cover increases in employment insurance and CPP benefits for the board’s employees. Trustees approved the board’s 2024-25 budget last week. The board’s deficit was reduced to $7.6 million from the original […]
How much can wetland restoration reduce farm fertilizers getting into Lake Erie? | Great Lakes Now
By Lester Graham, Michigan Public
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Early street artists join effort to ‘paint the change’ in downtown London
As teenagers at Beal secondary school embracing hip hop, James Kirkpatrick and Darcy Obokata gravitated to the alleyway off Clarence Street
LGBTQ advocates embrace provincial grant: ‘Strength and vibrancy’
A London-based LGBTQ organization has plans to launch a virtual community hub this fall â with an eye on a physical centre some day â thanks to an Ontario Trillium grant. “London has no community centre for the community. We’re trying to create that space,” Abbey Buist, program director for Why We March, said Saturday. […]
This Ivey grad wanted ‘nice peaceful graduation day.’ It was anything but
For many university students, graduation is a moment years in the making, to celebrate the work they’ve put into getting their degree. For graduates from the Ivey business school at Western University, their special day was rearranged by hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who forced a change to the schedule and confronted students and their families. […]
Hospital unions fear layoffs as LHSC deficit soars to $150M
Workers at LHSC have a message for the hospital as it copes with a deficit expected to nearly double to $150M by the spring of 2025.