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Bruce County applying to join Ontario Food Cluster
Bruce County is applying for membership into an organization that assists municipalities in attracting investment in agri-food processing. At its Dec. 5 meeting, Bruce County council directed staff to prepare an application for the county to join the Ontario Food Cluster next year. The organization is a partnership of 15 municipal governments and municipal organizations […]
Brockton asks Bruce County to share court costs
The Municipality of Brockton is asking Bruce County to share the costs of the Walkerton courthouse. At a meeting in November, Brockton council passed a motion requesting that Bruce County pay the annual costs of court security and prisoner transportation services not covered by the province. Fiona Hamilton, Brockton’s director of legislative and legal services, […]
Funding ‘challenges’ force Craigwood Youth Services to close
A London-based agency that has provided care for troubled adolescents and their families in the London region for 70 years is closing, it announced Monday. Craigwood Youth Services cited “significant funding challenges” and changes in how youth services are delivered in the province as factors in its decision. âThis has been an incredibly difficult decision,â […]
All you need to know about London’s 25-year transportation master plan
London’s suburbs over the next 25 years will be getting a bigger and better networks of roads, revived bus rapid transit, bike lanes, and sidewalks, according to newly released details of city hall’s 25-year master transportation plan. LFP’s Jack Moulton explains what’s on the table so far. WHAT’S THE PLAN? London’s master mobility plan, in […]
First-place London Knights get even better, thanks to NCAA rule change
Erie Otters overage forward Pano Fimis had a message for his younger brother right after signing with the London Knights. âThe first phone call we had, he said, âDecember 18 â be readyâ,â Andoni Fimis, the Knightsâ new defenceman, recalled. âHe has it circled on his calendar, too. Itâll be nice for our family. They […]
Building lag may cost city hall millions in Queen’s Park housing cash
London is on the verge of losing millions of dollars in provincial funding for missing its housing starts target for 2024, a goal the city could easily hit if builders followed through on all projects approved by council. As of Oct. 31, city hall had issued building permits for 3,282 units in 2024 alone, an […]
Dyer: Sunni muslims take their shot in Syria
It is far from certain they will succeed, but HTS has caught the Assad regime with its pants down
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.