Tag: rural
Amish Farmers’ Partnership With Beef Giant Produces Manure Mess
By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue
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Three hurt after small plane crashes, flips over amid landing attempt
Three people were injured after a small plane crash on a rural road south of Strathroy Saturday afternoon, provincial police said. Middlesex County OPP, paramedics and firefighters responded to a plane crash on Olde Drive, between Springfield Road and Melbourne Road, at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, police said in a news release Sunday morning. Of […]
Bruce Power and partners announce planned expansion of medical isotope production
Ontario’s Minister of Energy and Electrification visited Bruce Power on Friday to help announce the expansion of the nuclear power operator’s medical isotope production capabilities. Bruce Power and its partners have committed to building a hot cell facility in Bruce County, expediting their ability to process short-lived lutetium-177 to ensure it reaches cancer patients around […]
Truck licensing and registration remain an ag industry uphill battle
Efforts continue to modify the existing Commercial Vehicle Operator Registration rules for larger trucks
Two sent to London hospital, damage pegged at $500K after farmhouse blaze
ELIMVILLE â Two occupants of an Elimville home destroyed by fire late escaped out a second-storey window, South Huronâs fire chief said. Both were taken to hospital in London with injuries not considered life-threatening, Chief Jeremy Becker added. No one else was in the home when the fire broke out, he said. The South Huron […]
Strathroy council rejects proposed flag ban that irked LGBTQ group
STRATHROY â Politicians here overwhelmingly rejected restrictions proposed by a town council colleague that would have banned non-government flags on municipally owned land, a possibility that rankled LGBTQ community members. In an 8-1 vote Monday night, politicians turfed Coun. Brian Derbyshire’s bid to allow only municipal, provincial and federal flags on flagpoles on municipal properties, […]
Insurance woes may sink high school swim team â and derail meets: Parents
Parents in Elgin County are pushing for a resolution to an insurance dispute between the province and the regionâs largest school board that could cost a high school swim team its season. Â Days away from the scheduled start of their season, parents of Aylmer’s East Elgin secondary school swim team members are urging the […]
Politicians declare trailer park land surplus, sparking residents’ sale fears
Residents of a municipally owned seasonal trailer park in Elgin County are concerned after being caught off-guard by local politicians’ intention to sell the property. Open annually from May to October, Port Glasgow Trailer Park â about 70 kilometres southwest of London â belongs to the Municipality of West Elgin, and recently was declared âsurplus” […]
Five cities, including London, driving human trafficking in Canada: Report
Five Canadian cities contribute 45 per cent of all human trafficking cases: Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Montreal and London.
Two Grand Rapids-area companies trying to improve fish product supply chain
A new initiative called “100% Great Lakes Fish” is seeking new ways to use whole fish to reduce waste and support rural economic development in the process. Read the full […]