Tag: Waterloo Region
London homeless agencies rip Queen’s Park encampment, drug use crackdown
Ontario’s promised crackdown on encampments and public drug use doesn’t solve underlying problems, and serves to criminalize homelessness, London social-agency leaders say. Premier Doug Ford has announced $25.5-million in new funding to open up and expand shelter capacity for people living in encampments across the province, along with $50 million to fund “ready to build” […]
Snow globe effect embraced at Wiarton Santa Claus Parade
The Wiarton and District Chamber of Commerce was certainly spot on when it chose “Snowflake Wonderland” as the theme for this year’s Santa Claus Parade. Crowds of hardy Bruce Peninsula folks huddled along a snow-covered Berford Street in the middle of a snowstorm on Saturday evening as the close to 40 entries made their way […]
Doug Ford promises to get tougher on the homeless. Is it a good idea
Ontario’s premier is pledging new legislation which promises a crackdown on public drug use and encampments and get more people indoors and into treatment, whether it violates their rights or not.
London native Taylor Elgersma named Ontario’s top university football player, again
The London native already faced his hometown Western Mustangs in the Yates Cup game last year â and it didnât end well.
New home prices in London drop, buyers gain clout: ‘Tight market’
Higher interest rates that created lacklustre demand and slowed home sales in London also appear to be forcing prices on new homes to drop, the latest market snapshot from Statistics Canada shows. According to the federal agencyâs latest new housing price index â representing changes over time in the selling price of new residential houses […]
Is it a bullying tactic ahead of farmland expropriation to create 770-acre site?
Objectors say cornfield destruction makes no sense as Waterloo Region amasses farmlands