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United Church group looks beyond its pews for help supporting refugees
A committee from four Oxford County churches is looking outside its member congregations to help refugees seeking safety in Canada
Walk for Wenjack on August 15 in Cape Croker Park
On Thursday, Aug. 15, at Cape Croker Park in Neyaashiinigmiing, people will gather to Walk for Wenjack. Bruce County and its community partners are hosting the fundraising and awareness-raising event named in memory of Chanie Wenjack who, in 1966, ran away from Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School in Kenora, Ontario. He walked for 36 hours along […]
Stark uptick in deadly motorcycle crashes continues here, across Ontario
Seven motorcyclists have died on roads in the wider London region in the last two months alone, a troubling trend Ontario Provincial Police say reflects a deadly toll provincewide. The most recent death on local Ontario Provincial Police-patrolled roads happened Aug. 1 around 8:15 a.m. when a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck at the […]
Dog show in Harrison Park here for three days
Dogs of all kinds have returned to Harrison Park for the annual three-day show which ends Thursday. Grey Bruce Kennel and Obedience Club’s show offers the chance for a close-up look at the widest variety of dogs most people would ever see in one place. There are morning shows starting at 8 a.m. and early afternoon shows. […]
PHOTOS: Alysha Newman’s path from London to Olympic pole vault finals
It’s been about 15 years since The London Free Press first starting covering a teenage track-and-field star at Mother Teresa secondary school, Alysha Newman. Now 30 and at her third Olympics, she’s made the pole vault finals for the first time (Wednesday, 12:15 p.m. Ontario time) after overcoming personal and professional challenges. Here’s a look […]