Tag: roads
The lonely Lake Superior caribou and a lesson in limits | Great Lakes Now
By Emma McIntosh, The Narwhal
Emma and photographer Christopher Katsarov Luna spent four days in northwestern Ontario, reporting from the shore of Lake Superior.
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Automated shuttles provide new mobility options, but coverage concerns remain | Great Lakes Echo
By Donté Smith Capital News Service Detroit’s streets are becoming a testing ground for future transportation, with automated shuttles like Accessibili-D and Connect AV offering mobility solutions. These shuttles, which started operating this year, help residents, particularly those with limited transportation, access essential destinations such as doctors’ offices and grocery stores. The Connect AV shuttle provides fully […]
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19-year-old killed, three others injured in crash south of Sarnia
One person was killed and three others injured in a three-vehicle crash south of Sarnia over the long weekend.
Two seniors killed in separate weekend crashes across London region
Two seniors are dead after separate crashes on rural Southwestern Ontario roads Saturday, including one involving a pedestrian. A 72-year-old Chatham resident was rushed to hospital, where they later succumbed to their injuries, after a two-vehicle crash in western Elgin County Saturday afternoon. Paramedics, Dutton-Dunwich firefighters and Elgin OPP officers responded to the crash involving […]
Grey County task force seeks to make some busy rural roads safer
A Grey County task force proposes to transfer more than 50 kilometres of its urban county roads, bridges and sewers to municipalities and assume and make safer certain increasingly busy rural municipal roads roads in exchange for other county rural roads. County council decided Thursday to receive a report which provided lists of affected roads, […]
Western University workers ratify new deal, campus roads reopen
Striking blue-collar workers at Western University have ratified a new deal, effectively ending a six-week job action by the unionâs 330 members. Members of CUPE Local 2361 â the union that represents caretakers, landscapers and trade workers at the university â voted in favour of the deal at a meeting Friday morning, vice-president Chris Yates […]
Bruce County council gets first look at 2025 draft budget
Bruce County‘s draft budget is calling for a 6.81 per cent tax levy increase next year. County staff on Thursday presented the proposed 2025 capital and operating budgets to council. The proposed 6.81 per cent increase, which includes a 1.5 per cent growth assumption would result in an $82 increase in county taxes for the […]
Trail Talk: Enjoying the colours of autumn
Midweek Hikers enjoy a stop by the pond near Benmiller Inn
Bus rapid transit: The very latest on construction, expected completion date
Reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at where things stand, and what comes next.