Tag: Western University
Experts fret as summer toll of Southwestern Ontario drownings hits 12
The heavy summer drowning toll in Southwestern Ontario underscores the need to better communicate water safety messages, some experts say. Two people drowned in Lake Erie over the weekend, in Leamington and near Turkey Point, raising the toll from that lake alone to four deaths this summer. There have also been at least eight other […]
Funeral set for third London-area military reservist killed in crash
The third victim in a New Brunswick car crash that killed three local Canadian Armed Forces reservists was a Komoka native with plans to pursue a career in policing.
Vigil set to honour London girl, 7, swept away in Thames River
A public vigil for the seven-year-old London girl who died after being swept away in the storm-swollen Thames River is set for Sunday outside her elementary school.
‘Sweet and thoughtful’: Mom mourns girl, 7, swept away in Thames River
A “sweet and thoughtful” little girl, Anna Bielli loved to sing and share â often even saving half her sandwich for her mother. Taken from her by the Thames River in London, Karen Fermill says she now longs to give her seven-year-old daughter a final hug. The bereaved London woman found out from police that […]
Western University professor remembered as champion for youth mental health
A groundbreaking scholar and a champion for youth mental health who was considered a rising star at Western University has died. Claire Crooks, a recipient of the Order of Ontario, died June 28 following a battle with gastric cancer. She was 50. A registered psychologist, Crooks, an education professor, established the centre for school mental […]