Tag: pride
Pearson: We need more from our leaders
We are having more trouble trusting, seeking the good in others, feeling we can make a difference where we live.
London police launch hate-crime probe after woman in hijab confronted, assaulted
A woman in a hijab was confronted by a man “yelling derogatory comments” who later assaulted her and two bystanders, London police say â an incident that has unnerved local Muslim leaders and that investigators are treating as a possible hate crime. London police say it was about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when the incident happened […]
London Knights season preview: Expect another Memorial Cup run
The London Knights will raise the Ontario Hockey League championship banner before their 2024-25 season opener against Flint Friday
Flesherton chef a Canadian finalist of worldwide competition
A chef from a Flesherton eatery is a Canadian finalist in an international competition aimed at discovering and mentoring some of the most promising and talented young chefs from around the world. Karly Ready, sous chef at The Gate restaurant, is one of 10 finalists from the Canadian region of the S. Pellegrino Young Chef Academy […]
Pornographic video disrupts virtual London sentencing hearing
A pornographic video suddenly flooded the video screens in a London courtroom in the middle of the judgeâs sentencing decision in a human trafficking case.
Judge acquits, rips London man over protest at drag queen event: ‘Shameful’
A London man has been acquitted on a charge of criminal harassment stemming from his interaction with two dads and their children at an event during which drag queens were reading books to kids.
For Black women in Detroit, mobilizing for Kamala Harris a ‘moment of pride’ | Bridge Michigan
Black women have long been a loyal voting bloc for the Democratic Party, and the prospect of Kamala Harris becoming president is fueling a Detroit movement to support her in November….
SIMS: Rick DeJager’s still ‘golfing, working, breathing’ – and ever so grateful
Rick DeJager doesnât call himself lucky. âIâve been very fortunate. I have good care,â the 65-year-old lifelong Londoner said as we sat in the sunshine with his wife Colleen on his backyard deck. DeJager and his landmark south London restaurant Tiger Jackâs has been a fixture of the cityâs restaurant scene since it opened in […]
London city council poised to stop issuing proclamations, again
Four years after restarting the long-dormant process, London politicians already have lost their appetite for proclamations, with past controversies top of mind.
Concours d’Lemon turns heads in Owen Sound
It was a car show like no other on Saturday in Owen Sound, where bribing the judges was encouraged, and the prizes handed out included everything from pasta sauce and olives, to spam and potato chips. And in a display of just how backwards the Concours d’Lemons was, top prize went to the most mundane […]