London Free Press

Politicians push back against how city-funded boards use taxpayer money

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Amid public backlash to the London police board spending more than $100,000 for advice on how to sell its record-setting budget request, two city councillors want a new guideline on the use of taxpayers’ money for budget pitches.  The police board paid Navigator, a Toronto-based crisis communications firm with a history of representing high-profile clients, […]

London Free Press

Ex-principals join top ranks amid Thames Valley school board upheaval

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Three former principals are joining the top ranks of the troubled Thames Valley District school board after two senior officials took leaves of absence and another exited following a travel scandal that sparked a provincial audit. The three-day August retreat by 18 senior staff members of the cash-strapped school board, Ontario’s fourth-biggest, included first-class train […]

Owen Sound Sun Times

Operation Christmas Child ramping up in Grey-Bruce

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There is a movement afoot in Grey-Bruce to make Christmas a little brighter for thousands of children in developing and war-torn countries around the world.  Operation Christmas Child shoebox collection season is underway in the region, with individuals and groups now packing shoeboxes, boot boxes and other similar-sized containers with toys, school supplies, hygiene items […]

Climate change Great Lakes Now

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election | Great Lakes Now

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The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election

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Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise.

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London Free Press

Witness holds firm under defence questioning at bush-party murder trial

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As hard as he tried, Emily Altmann’s defence lawyer couldn’t get Rachel Johnson to admit she was in a Snapchat video on her best friend’s phone. That’s because, she said repeatedly, it wasn’t her. The video in question was found on the cellphone of Altmann’s best friend, Isabella Restrepo, and showed mere seconds of Restrepo […]

Hockey Junior Hockey London Free Press

Rookie London Knights forward’s work ethic earning locker-room praise

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Cohen Bidgood earned the ultimate thumbs up from the London Knights organization this week. He was named the hardest-working player for the first month of the OHL season by his teammates. “Every night, I’m just trying to help and play my role,” the 17-year-old forward said. “Not everyone can be a 50-goal scorer like (Easton) […]