Tag: Population
Sweet relief for overcrowded London school amid boards’ building boom
A nearly completed new addition will help ease enrolment pressures this fall at one of the largest and most crowded schools in the Thames Valley District school board. The project at Eagle Heights elementary school on Oxford Street in London was tendered to Bronnenco Construction Ltd. at the end of May 2023 and was expected […]
Complaint about Coun. Susan Stevenson’s social media posts dismissed
A London city councillorâs social media posts about sex workers, the homeless and agencies helping them may be considered controversial, but she didnât violate city councilâs code of conduct, the city’s integrity commissioner has ruled. Anova, which provides shelter and counselling for abused women, and several homelessness and addictions advocates filed a complaint against Ward […]
Workers start dismantling dangerous homeless encampment near rail line
An environmental cleanup company has begun dismantling a homeless encampment in Woodstock deemed a hazard because of its location near a rail line, a city official says. Woodstock was alerted âsome time agoâ by CN Rail police about an encampment at the end of Clarke Street South that created concern for the safety of people […]
A tiny, rare butterfly gets a chance to thrive again in Michigan | Bridge Michigan
The Poweshiek skipperling was once common in Midwest prairies but the population has plummeted. Zoos in Michigan, Minnesota and Canada are working to breed the species and release adults back into the wild….
Dyer: A new Scarlet Pimpernel for our times?
A clever stunt pulled off by the self-exiled leader of the Catalan separatist movement won’t do much to help his cause, Gwynne Dyer argues.
Commentary: Michigan joins federal program that collects native flora and champions restoration | Great Lakes Echo
By Elinor Epperson Of all the things I could step in while wandering the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Northeast Michigan, vulture vomit was not on my list. My hosts, a team of scientists looking for native plant seeds, warned me to avoid it. Elizabeth Haber is a lead botanist with Seeds of Success, a […]
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Pearson: Unlocking a spirit of hope in politics
It’s been some time since “hope” and “politics” sat comfortably in the same sentence.
Grey, Bruce officials to discuss priorities at AMO conference
Grey-Bruce municipal politicians and staff will be in Ottawa for the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference next week, where they plan to highlight and discuss local priorities and concerns including health care and housing. Bruce County Warden Chris Peabody said the conference provides an opportunity to discuss issues affecting the county. “We applaud […]
Great Lakes Echo founder retires | Great Lakes Echo
Dave Poulson, the founder and editor of the Knight Center’s award-winning environmental news service, has retired after more than 21 years on the MSU Journalism School faculty. We at the Knight Center miss him already. Poulson, a professor of practice, spearheaded the center’s initiatives to boost diversity among environmental journalism students and practitioners, securing grant […]
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