Tag: Treatment
Southwestern Ontario town’s rapid growth sparks 400-home proposal
A nearly 400-home development proposal in booming Strathroy-Caradoc has received the next step of approval from Middlesex County politicians. Hereâs a look at the proposed subdivision and the growing municipality. THE BASIC BACKGROUND A seven-hectare subdivision on a 19-hectare property south of Second Street has been granted draft approval by Middlesex County, clearing the path […]
Swifties left out of sold-out Toronto shows can still party in London
Ticketed dance and video parties are planned in London in the lead-up to mega pop-star Taylor Swift’s six-show Toronto run next month.
Western Mustangs clinch second seed, lose key starters in blowout win
A year ago, the Western football team entered the playoffs without their top two running backs. Untimely injuries have returned. The Mustangs clinched second place in the Ontario conference by crushing Windsor 46-5 Saturday at Western Alumni Stadium, but lost explosive tailback Ethan Dolby and top receiver Seth Robertson early in the regular-season finale. Western […]
Ontario mayors seek mental-health law reviews: ‘Absolute crisis’
Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs and live on the streets. The organization that represents 29 mayors of cities with more than 100,000 people say they are taking no position on treatment given […]
New eating disorders clinic for Western, Fanshawe students filling ‘huge gap’
Years in the making, a new London eating disorders clinic for university and college students is opening next week but still trying to raise money to support the work it will do.Â
London police crackdown on open drug use panned: ‘Could see more deaths’
The London police chief’s plan to arrest people using drugs in public is impractical and could cause more deaths, outreach workers warn
St. Joseph’s, LHSC launch separate research institutes
The Float Gait System is just one example of health care research being done at Londonâs two major hospitals.
London police chief vows crackdown on open drug use: ‘Lot of concern’
Londonâs police chief will roll out a new approach to tackle open drug use in the city, saying heâs heard community concern about the escalating problem. Chief Thai Truong told the police board Wednesday heâs working on a range of measures, including arresting people caught doing illicit drugs in public, as part of his strategy […]
The Kincardine Independent
(By Pauline Kerr) The Grey Bruce Board of Health has endorsed a letter from the Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa), sent to Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones, concerning … Continue reading Grey-Bruce board of health discusses province’s new addiction treatment model
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Late London artist set to be honoured with exhibit: ‘Gentle soul’
Deep-sea fish, renaissance sketches, Gibbons Park and 1920s jazz. Â It was all in a dayâs work for London artist Tom Hilborn. Â An upcoming exhibition at the TAP Centre downtown is celebrating the eclectic works of Hilborn, a prolific creator who died earlier this year of cancer. He was 67 years old. Â âThis […]