Tag: Region
SweetWater’s Next Wave program showcases talented youth
A unique program of the annual SweetWater Music Festival aims to both provide experience for young artists and build the classical music community in the area. While the festival’s Next Wave program is providing performance opportunities for young artists, program advisor Bridget Walsh said Saturday it is also about inviting and welcoming others into the […]
Baranyai: Public good questionable when farmland expropriated for industry
Expropriation is a drastic measure.
Queen’s Park to audit Thames Valley school board amid stadium retreat fallout
The provincial government is launching a sweeping probe of the regionâs largest school board, under fire after The Free Press uncovered a three-day retreat that sent 18 administrators to Toronto’s baseball stadium hotel â costing nearly $40,000. In a forceful statement Friday evening, Education Minister Jill Dunlop announced a comprehensive review of the cash-strapped Thames […]
School board brass should repay some stadium hotel retreat costs: Critic
Critics are blasting an âincredibly disappointingâ move by administrators at the regionâs largest school board to spend nearly $40,000 on a Toronto ballpark hotel retreat, with one taxpayer advocate calling on the staff to pay back part of the expense. Â Following a request from elected trustees, the Thames Valley District school board revealed Thursday […]
Forest City Film Festival: A little TIFF, a Hollywood legend and a music party
It will begin with a music video party and end with a celebration of a London-raised Hollywood legend.
Search warrant leads to discovery of suspected drug laboratory in Walkerton
South Bruce OPP discovered a suspected drug lab at a Walkerton residence while investigating a report of an assault involving a firearm from earlier this week. South Bruce OPP received the report Monday evening. Two days later, the South Bruce OPP were assisted by the West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit (WR TRU) and the […]
Fewer Londoners working from home as employers change tune
After peaking during the pandemic years, remote work is becoming a rarer reality for Canadians, Londoners included, with the number of people working from home locally now accounting for less than one in five workers.
Four lose jobs as London CMHA sheds junk removal company
The regionâs largest mental health organization is ending a 12-year-old program that employed people with mental health issues, a necessary move as it faces a $2.6 million deficit.Â
COPA Flight 45 hosts Interprovincial Air Tour in Goderich
GODERICH – Engines were rumbling Sept. 5 as aircraft from throughout North America landed at Goderich Regional Airport for the start of the 15th Interprovincial Air Tour (IPAT). COPA Flight 45 Goderich welcomed aviators to the airport alongside local dignitaries with a lunch at the clubhouse, while event organizers presented local representatives with a plaque […]
Ring the bell! Catholic, Thames Valley boards seek cash to build these 11 new schools
A new north London high school and another in St. Thomas are among the top priorities for the booming local Catholic board as it submits a half-dozen new capital funding requests to Queen’s Park.