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Unemployment rate drops in region that includes Grey-Bruce
The unemployment rate in the region that includes Grey-Bruce fell last month, coming in at less than half of the provincial rate. The rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased 0.6 per cent to 3.2 per cent, the second lowest unemployment rate in the province. The provincial unemployment rate decreased 0.4 per cent to […]
Letters to the Editor: December 7, 2024
The recent front page photo provided a smile and was an inspiration to me for the rest of the day.
Doug Ford promises to get tougher on the homeless. Is it a good idea
Ontario’s premier is pledging new legislation which promises a crackdown on public drug use and encampments and get more people indoors and into treatment, whether it violates their rights or not.
London-area adds 3,000 new jobs as employment trend stays positive
The London-area economy added close to 3,000 jobs in November, but the regionâs jobless rate still edged up last month as more people looked for work, Statistics Canada reported Friday. In total, the London area, which also takes in St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex County, added 2,700 new positions, marking the […]
Letters to the Editor: December 6, 2024
Many readers do not understand “induced demand.”
Developers in driver’s seat as city eyes major planning change: Critics
Does London have to expand its urban footprint? Observers outside the development community are not so sure.
West Grey mayor worries about Durham’s new frazil ice threat
West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles is worried the threat of frazil ice — the slush that clogged up the Saugeen River in Durham in 1997, flooded part of town and displaced a couple hundred people — will be a bigger threat this year. Sometime after that frazil ice jam at a bend in the Saugeen […]
London magic mushroom shop still open after chain claims to shut 30 locations
An illegal magic mushroom dispensary in London remains open weeks after the chain claimed it was shuttering all of its Ontario stores, citing repeated police raids.
Grey County trail first in Ontario available to snowmobilers
Mother Nature has delivered the snow and local snowmobile club volunteers have taken advantage of it, with Grey-Bruce gaining the distinction of having the first trail available in the province this season. The B110 trail on Grey County’s CP Rail Trail has opened for riding this week from Dundalk to Owen Sound, after local clubs […]
Letters to the Editor: December 5, 2024
This is another example of special interest running the city.