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Opinion | Michigan needs quality teachers for universal high school computer science | Bridge Michigan
Michigan lacks enough qualified teachers to deliver high quality in-person computer science instruction. We need educators who are proficient and ready to inspire the next generation of computer scientists….
One month, five fatal motorcycle crashes on London-area roads
Loved ones are mourning a 65-year-old motorcyclist whose death in a crash was the first of five deadly collisions that have killed six people on motorcycles across the London region over the past month alone
Low German Mennonite students trace their history with high school mural
The path of low German Mennonites to Southwestern Ontario â driven from Canada in the early 19th century to Mexico, and back again to become a presence in many rural pockets across the region â is captured by a student-made mural at one local high school
Dad desperately tried to save teen swimmer now missing at Port Stanley: Friend
PORT STANLEY â A London father, seeing his two sons struggling in the water at the main beach here, waded into the surf in a desperate attempt to save them even though he can’t swim, a family friend says. Lifeguards were able to save the dad and his 17-year-old son, but they were unable to […]
I Speak for the Fish: The Quest for a Largemouth | Great Lakes Now
I Speak for the Fish is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson, coming out the third Monday of each month. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.
As pandemic babies enter kindergarten, school officials eye development ‘gaps’
London-area children born during the COVID-19 pandemic in both school boards are getting some extra help in the form of pop-up clinics as they prepare to enter kindergarten this fall
Teachers professional development workshop in Buffalo-Lewiston to focus on Great Lakes – Great Lakes Commission
New York Sea Grant and the Center for Great Lakes Literacy have announced 20 teachers and educators representing 17 school districts and organizations will participate in the first of five […]
City hall eyes lower speed limits along major London roads near schools
Slashing speed limits in school zones on London’s busiest roads by 10 kilometres/hour may not be enough to make them as safe as possible, one city politician says. City hall staff is recommending a 10 km/h reduction in the speed drivers can legally reach around schools on major streets like Highbury Avenue or Oxford Street. […]
Paisley comes together to celebrate 150 years
Lawrence Gregg has called Paisley home for all 84 years of his life, and in that time as a resident, business owner, farmer and school bus driver he has come to know a lot of people. On the weekend as the small central Bruce County village marked its 150th anniversary with a giant Homecoming celebration, he […]
London teen’s blue-box mining strikes community chord: ‘Pretty cool’
A London teenager who got the third degree for picking through blue boxes to help save up for his education has received an outpouring of community support, his mother says. For more than three years, 14-year-old Brise Refflinghaus, who has autism, has scoured the curbside collection bins in his east London neighbourhood on recycling day, […]