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Burgers made of beets? One London vegan startup is betting on it
What began as a fun food-truck burger for a small London startup has landed in grocery stores and is launching serious business growth.
Man hurt in shooting outside London hospital’s emergency room: Police
A man was in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting outside of a London hospital emergency room early Saturday, police say. London police responded to a shooting at London Health Sciences Centre’s Victoria Hospital emergency room at about 2:30 a.m., police said in a news release on Saturday morning. Officers found a pickup truck […]
Islam: Who wins and who loses with Canada’s holiday tax break?
Shahidul Islam, MacEwan University and Subhadip Ghosh, MacEwan University The federal government is giving Canadians a temporary tax break by exempting GST/HST on certain items during the holiday season from Dec. 14 to Feb. 15. The tax break applies to clothing, footwear, diapers, car seats, toys for children, jigsaw puzzles, physical video games, consoles and […]
Agricultural runoff damages water and kills wildlife. Is a drainage stopper the solution?
Drainage systems carry away excess water, but they also take fertilizers that can fuel harmful algal blooms. Researchers, companies, and farmers are deploying systems that can control that flow.
‘He was unarmed and you shot and killed him’: Crown to accused
Carlos Guerra Guerra said he just wanted the jury to hear âthe truth.â âI have already admitted to all my wrongs here,â Guerra Guerra said during the Crownâs cross-examination at his second-degree murder trial Friday. âWhat could possibly make me look more guilty aside from the fact that Iâm standing in front of these 14 […]
Inquest looms eight years after fatal police shooting of London man
An inquest will begin next month into the death of a London computer programmer who was shot dead during a police raid on his house after he fired a crossbow at an officer and charged at others with a hatchet.
More Michigan kids are getting vaccine-preventable diseases
Whooping cough, for instance, is surging, with more than 1,500 cases already reported so far this year. That’s compared to an average of less than 600 cases between 2017-2019, according to the state.
Bush party homicide trial: Crown attacks accused killer’s ‘self-defence’ claim
At no time after Carlos Guerra Guerra shot Josue Silva at a bush party did he mention to anyone that he acted in self-defence.
Students join fight to keep books containing N-word in Catholic board classes
High-profile criticism of a London District Catholic school board push against assigning books that contain the N-word to avoid causing emotional harm in classrooms is being echoed by a group of two dozen students at one city high school. At Regina Mundi Catholic College â which is at the centre of the fallout of the […]
PFAS Roundup: Biden administration updates chemical regulations for PFAS, while Trump allies already voice plans to roll them back
On Wednesday, December 5, the Biden administration updated the New Chemicals Regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). According to reporting by Rachel Frazin of The Hill, this aims to prevent a family of chemicals (or chemical cousins) known as PFAS from being approved through Low Volume Exemptions, “abridged reviews given to chemicals that will only be produced in small quantities.”
Meanwhile, according to recent reporting from The Guardian, the incoming chair of the Senate environmental committee said in a hearing last week that she would target portions of new PFAS regulations.