Tag: Recycling
South Bruce RWTO celebrate new school year with brunch meeting
Twenty-four members of the South Bruce Retired Women Teachers of Ontario/Organization des enseignantes retraitées de l’Ontario (RWTO/OERO) and two guests celebrated the joy of not returning to school at a brunch held Sept. 3 at Ainsdale Golf Course. After a delicious breakfast and enjoyable time socializing, president Frances Nixon introduced the lone gentleman, pharmacist Mike McKechnie […]
25 years after a major toxic lead cleanup, westside neighbors still don’t feel safe | Great Lakes Now
By Enrique Saenz, Mirror Indy
Mirror Indy is a part of Free Press Indiana, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to ensuring all Hoosiers have access to the news and information they need.
The first thing Patti Daviau sees when she opens the front door of her home on South Harris Avenue every morning is a thick bunch of weeds reaching through a 500-foot stretch of chain link fence across the street.
Canned goods collected curbside during BASWR food drive
Bruce Area Solid Waste Recycling (BASWR) is hosting its 27th annual food drive from Sept. 9 to Sept. 20. During this two-week period, place canned food items only in untied plastic bags next to your blue box for collection on your specific pick-up date. Over the past 26 years, BASWR has collected over 185,000 pounds […]
What you need to know about Ontario’s new rules for corner-store booze sales
In a first since prohibition started in 1916, licensed Ontario corner stores will legally be able to sell some alcoholic products from their shelves starting on Thursday.
City funding ending, but recycling depot to continue for ‘foreseeable future’
While city funding for the recycling depot at the Miller Waste Transfer Station will run out at the end of September, the depot will continue to operate for the “foreseeable future.” The City of Owen Sound issued a notice on Wednesday reminding residents that its funding for the depot ends effective Sept. 30 as […]
Here’s your chance to give plastic plant pots a second life
Gardening season is nearly over, but Londoners can still enjoy the fruits of their labour while helping an environmental group in the city at the same time.