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‘Perfect storm’ keeps woman who robbed gas bar with fake gun from prison
Typically, robbing a gas bar with a weapon, even if it is a fake one, earns a trip to prison.
Fog lifting on hefty income increases for London-area school board brass
Some answers are in, but questions are still swirling about hefty increases in income paid out by the two big London-area school boards â both, running budget deficits â to some senior brass last year. At the Thames Valley District school board, payments to 17 senior leaders and superintendents rose by double-digit percentage amounts in […]
First items on city budget chopping block? Community grants, projects
The first meeting of a new council committee to find property tax savings is set, and one of the first items potentially on the chopping block is a popular neighbourhood improvement program. During a June 26 meeting of the strategic opportunities review working group, politicians will weigh in on a suggestion from deputy mayor Shawn […]
Q+A: New Ontario Hockey League boss Bryan Crawford
The retired Ontario Hockey League commissioner passed the torch with a few simple words of encouragement. âGo get ’em, kid,â David Branch said to Bryan Crawford before an introductory news conference Thursday at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Replacing a 45-year legend at the helm is no small feat, but the 42-year-old from […]
Coastal Centre looking for volunteers to record Lake Huron changes
The Lake Huron Coastal Centre is looking for volunteer “citizen scientists” to monitor Lake Huron for changes along the lake’s 6,170 kilometre shoreline. They each have a section of beach on which they report data observed weekly through spring and summer. The results are gathered and for the past 17 years have culminated in an […]