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Supportive Outreach Services program receives health award
A program that formed in Grey-Bruce in 2021 to help the marginalized residents of a rooming house that was going through a COVID-19 outbreak, has been recognized with a new award. The Supportive Outreach Services (SOS) program has been awarded an Ontario Health System Quality and Innovation Award for its success in improving the health outcomes […]
Five charged in raids on Indigenous pot shops in London, nearby First Nation
Five people face charges following a series of police raids on unsanctioned pot shops in London and the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.
Letters to the Editor: September 27, 2024
Premier Doug Ford has signalled we need to stop the concept of dedicated bike lanes.
If LHSC ends up doing less, who will pick up slack?: Expert
With a direct hand now in running London’s largest health care centre and teaching hospital, the Ontario Health Ministry will face tough decisions on its future, such as whether to âfind efficienciesâ or cut services, a health policy expert says. To find efficiencies, London Health Sciences Centre may continue to reduce staff and change how […]
Great Lakes Commission awards more than $1.4 million to reduce runoff and improve water quality – Great Lakes Commission
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) announced today that it will award more than $1.45 million in grants through the Great Lakes
SIU discontinues investigation into Hanover arrest
The province’s Special Investigation Unit has terminated an investigation into a June arrest in Hanover. The independent government agency that investigates the conduct of police officer, announced on Tuesday that its director Joseph Martino had ended the investigation due to insufficient evidence of serious injury. The case involved a 19-year-old man who was arrested on […]
2024 is already the deadliest year for motorcycle crashes in at least five years
With three months still to go, 20024 already is the deadliest year for motorcycle riders in at least past five years, with the death toll on Ontario Provincial Police-patrolled roads nearly at 50 provincewide. There have been 49 deaths among motorcycle riders this year investigated by the OPP â which patrols provincial highways and numerous […]
8,400 homes: Builder pitches London’s biggest development ever
The former London Psychiatric Hospital site is poised to become the single largest housing project in the cityâs history, with Old Oakâs latest proposal for the lands adding enough units to house a small town. Itâs a massive project one city councillor described as âtransformativeâ for east London and the city, which is in the […]
LHSC shakeup: Critics applaud changes but warn long road ahead
Health care advocates across the city cheered news today the board of directors at Londonâs largest hospital are no longer on the job
