Tag: Toronto
Fanshawe College details $20M research grant â its biggest ever
Fanshawe College is getting $20 million from Ontarioâs Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to develop virtual reality training tools for first responders, the single largest research grant in the collegeâs history. Â
OFA sends government messages about threatened American tariffs
Doug Ford was a no show at the OFA AGM due to security issues
Judge jails man for church arson at Saugeen in 2020
A judge sentenced Emric Thompson to 18 months in jail for arson and mischief to a church at Saugeen First Nation in 2020. Superior Court Justice Roger Chown’s sentence, imposed in Walkerton on Nov. 27, included enhanced credit for presentence custody, leaving 184 days or just more than six months to serve in custody. He […]
Trail Talk: Additions and subtractions from the Huron County Hiking Guide
Many noticeable changes between the different editions of the county-published guide
OFA sends government messages about threatened American tariffs
Doug Ford was a no show at the OFA AGM due to security issues
Police charge third person with manslaughter in Grey Highlands death
Police have charged a third person with manslaughter in a Grey Highlands death more than two years ago. Corey Sutherland, 23, was found dead in a residence at a West Black Line, Grey Highlands, on March 28, 2022 after a 911 call, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Thursday. Police charged Shakarri Myles […]
Man accused of kidnappings, sexual assaults arrested in London
A man accused of pretending to be a rideshare driver and allegedly sexually assaulting multiple women in the Toronto area has been arrested in London, police say.
Five Londoners charged in crackdown on Hamilton street gang
Five Londoners are among two dozen people charged amid a crackdown on a Hamilton street gang linked to shootings across southern Ontario, police say.
Woodstock’s 2024 housing starts performance a mystery
After exceeding its annual province-set housing target for 2023, Woodstock is either on the cusp of reaching its 2024 goal, or well-short of the objective, depending on whoâs keeping track.
5 Reasons to Build a Backyard Frog Pond
Great Lakes Now recently sat down with Margot Fass of the non-profit group, A Frog House. Located in Pittsfield, New York on the banks of the Erie Canal and on the edge of the Lake Ontario sub-basin. A Frog House helps to encourage ecological education, local advocacy and collaboration around clean water and thriving wetlands.