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Global fertilizer market navigates a changing world
The main concern is how crop prices are dependent on adverse weather
Global fertilizer market navigates a changing world
The main concern is how crop prices are dependent on adverse weather
Thames Valley trustees blast Queen’s Park, wrestle with $7.6M budget deficit
Thames Valley District school board trustees on Tuesday night passed a $7.6 budget deficit â chopped down from its original shortfall, $30 million â as some trustees threatened to boycott an upcoming debate. âThere is a presumption that we will have quorum tomorrow evening but there are a number of us who are not available […]
Friends express pride, grief, regret at memorial for slain London woman
A London woman who died on the weekend was remembered Tuesday by friends as someone who was caring and whose life was going in the right direction after living on the streets for years. Dozens of people attended the memorial for Cheryl Sheldon on Tuesday night at the Central Branch of the London Public Library. […]
Temporary overdose prevention sites eyed in Oxford, Elgin
With approval of supervised drug use sites paused by the provincial government, an area health unitâs top doctor is exploring alternative options to address an increase in opioid-related deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Farhi bid to move city hall to heart of downtown dismissed
A last-ditch effort to get London city council to consider moving city hall to Dundas and Richmond streets fell flat Tuesday, but not without plenty of discussion. An effort by councillors Peter Cuddy and Susan Stevenson to delay to September consideration of city hall’s plan to redevelop its present home at 300 Dufferin Ave., the […]
Widow bristles at lawyer’s questions about texts, car sketch
The widow of a Toronto-area businessperson who was fatally shot lashed out at the lawyer representing the man accused of killing him in 2014
Collingwood man admits to murder, sentencing in September
A Collingwood man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of his wife, which he staged to look like a fiery car crash in January 2023 in Blue Mountains. James William Schwalm, now 40, pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on June 20. He had been charged with first-degree murder in Superior Court […]
Speeding concerns on reconstructed Inglis Falls Road
Georgian Bluffs will look at taking steps to address speeding concerns on Inglis Falls Road. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday (June 19), council heard from a concerned resident about increased speeding along the road since it was reconstructed in 2020. Cathy Walsh who appeared before council as a delegation, said she […]
Backyard hens nearing final hurdle in Georgian Bluffs
Chickens could soon be clucking around in some residential areas of Georgian Bluffs. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday (June 19), staff was directed by council to present an amendment to the township’s zoning bylaw that would permit backyard poultry as a permitted use on certain residential properties within the township. Council […]