Tag: Veterans
National Legion Week events planned for Lucknow
National Legion Week, Sept. 15 to 21, is a time to highlight the contributions of legion branches across Canada, underscore the legion’s commitment to supporting our veterans, and welcome new members to our halls. This weeklong celebration stems from a tradition that some provincial commands and local branches have honoured since the 1980s. At Branch […]
London doctors tap into awareness of patients with severe brain injuries
A new device used to detect consciousness in coma patients with severe brain injuries could substantially change the future of care, says a group of London researchers. Recordings of brain activity through a portable imaging tool can now determine whether an unresponsive patient feels pain, hears their surroundings or, most of all, has preserved consciousness, […]
‘Like house got punched’: Father, son recount violent crash
Cristian Buragina was sitting at a desk in his bedroom of his southeast London home when it suddenly shook violently.
London lands three new industries, more than 200 jobs: ‘Delighted’
More than 200 industrial jobs will land in London as three manufacturers buy land here with plans to build new plants, the head of the city’s economic development agency says.
Driver barrels through fence, shed, then crashes into house
A London man faces a list of drug and weapons charges after a Saturday crime spree in which a person drove a vehicle into a residence in the east of the city, London police said Monday.
Attack hope to turn the page with the start of training camp Monday
“Who the (redacted) is Bruce McDonald?” The language used by Owen Sound Attack GM Dale DeGray in his earliest scouting report of the team’s newest player isn’t fit to be published in a newspaper, but even after redacting the offending word — which starts with an ‘F’ — his message of shock is thoroughly conveyed. […]
Can the dead speak? Prof treads unusual academic ground – after-death contact
Text messages from a dead loved one. The sensation of being hugged. A familiar whiff of perfume while walking in a forest.
London researchers get $1.2M to study homelessness among women vets
London researchers are fanning out across Canada to get a better grip on homelessness among former service women, to shape policies to help.