Tag: project
Trail Talk: The butterflies of Huron County
Columnist Patrick Capper is part of the Butterflies In My Back Yard project
Q+A: Local Order of Canada inductees Joe Miskokomon, Susie Matthias
The Order of Canada has been bestowed on two people in the region, one for her dedication to the arts and the other for his lifetime of work with Indigenous people.
Testy exchanges, walkout as city’s cost-cutting committee begins work
A proposal to cut two popular community grants programs as a tax-saving measure led to some testy exchanges between councillors and frustration from community groups that werenât allowed to be part of the debate.
Canada Day celebrations include activities, nod to Indigenous Peoples
Canada Day events are talking place in the Owen Sound area over the coming days, while Meaford will be celebrating Canada’s 157th birthday and its own 150th together. The four-day, free Sound Waterfront Festival this weekend in Owen Sound will be capped with Canada Day celebrations on Monday, July 1. Canada Day window flags for […]
Farhi bid to move city hall to heart of downtown dismissed
A last-ditch effort to get London city council to consider moving city hall to Dundas and Richmond streets fell flat Tuesday, but not without plenty of discussion. An effort by councillors Peter Cuddy and Susan Stevenson to delay to September consideration of city hall’s plan to redevelop its present home at 300 Dufferin Ave., the […]
A plan to shield the Great Lakes from invasive carp needs Illinois backing. What’s the delay? – Great Lakes Commission
The Brandon Road Interbasin Project in Illinois is one of the best lines of defense to keep invasive carp from entering into the Great Lakes. Governor Pritzker has until the […]
The wheels on the bus run on batteries, thanks to $44M electric-fleet plan
Langs Bus Lines is getting a major jolt in the form of $44 million in federal funding that will help the London business electrify half of its school bus fleet by 2026, a first for the region.
First items on city budget chopping block? Community grants, projects
The first meeting of a new council committee to find property tax savings is set, and one of the first items potentially on the chopping block is a popular neighbourhood improvement program. During a June 26 meeting of the strategic opportunities review working group, politicians will weigh in on a suggestion from deputy mayor Shawn […]
Students and seniors plan, plant and celebrate ‘food forest’
Wiarton has its own “food forest” alongside its community garden now. The community garden’s raised beds are used to grow annual fruits and vegetables. The food forest has perennials including elderberries, currents, pears, hazel nuts, echinacea and mint, wild strawberry, rhubarb and lemony seedless sorel. Like produce from the raised beds, the food forest’s production […]
Birds of prey pilot deterring geese at Port Elgin harbour
There’s a new sheriff in town to take care of Port Elgin’s pooping geese problem. More than 100 Canada geese are leaving their mark on the grass and walkway, making for unpleasant walking for harbour visitors. But the birds might have met their match: Michael Thibert’s three Harris hawks, which stand guard while tethered to […]