Tag: Western
Owen Riegling, Linsey Beckett win Canadian country music awards
A pair of Grey-Bruce artists have won big at the Canadian Country Music Association awards. Rising country music star Owen Riegling of Mildmay was named both the Songwriter of the Year and Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year, while Linsey Beckett who grew up near Kemble, was named Fiddle Player of the Year. Not […]
Has downtown London recovered from the pandemic? Depends who you ask
Downtown Londonâs pandemic recovery ranked eighth best in Canada, a grade one London core-area watcher said could have been better, while the cityâs deputy mayor believes it signals a strong comeback.
Trail Talk: The Canadian Wildlife Federation’s four-day Bioblitz
The federation encouraged participants to record sightings of insects
Union fumes as striking Western University worker hit by vehicle
Tension is rising at Western University, where a striking worker was hit by a vehicle on Thursday and the union representing 330 employees who walked off the job is accusing the city and university of using London police as a “weapon.” The union member was on the picket line at the entrance to Elborn College […]
Still dreaming of (or fearing) rapid transit in north London? You can likely stop now
Londoners still dreaming, or fearing, that city hall may revive the cancelled north leg of its rapid transit system can probably stop now, one observer says. During a recent debate, Mayor Josh Morgan and Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis pushed to downgrade the designation of three roads â Clarence Street, Richmond Street and Western Road â […]
Wisconsin officials ask the public to report algal blooms in Lake Superior | Great Lakes Echo
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is banking on public oversight of the largest Great Lake to help gauge the threat of increasingly common algal blooms. Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, can produce toxins that pose a danger to public health, said Kait Reinl, research coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Lake […]
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What helped local eateries survive COVID? It wasn’t location, location, location
Restaurants in and around London that were “flexible” in what they served and how it was delivered fared better during the pandemic regardless of location, a just-released study of COVID-19’s toll on local eateries found. Research by a Western University team studied the impact through 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, on more […]
London Knights check in at No. 3 on CHL preseason Top 10
The London Knights made it to the Memorial Cup final last spring.
‘Forever gone’: Mother details searing pain of losing son killed at bush party
Dylan Schaapâs defence lawyer said what happened at a bush party where a promising Western University student was shot to death was âa combination of horrific immaturity coupled with horrific stupidity.â But assistant Crown attorney Jennifer Moser added to lawyer Aaron Prevostâs blunt assessment. âHorrifically criminal,â she said. What haunts Josue Silvaâs mother are the […]
Who is working to preserve and restore wetlands in Metro Detroit? | Great Lakes Now
By Erica Hobbs, Planet Detroit
This article was republished with permission from Planet Detroit. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter here.
Wetlands don’t often come to mind when thinking about major metropolitan cities like Detroit. Bogs, marshes, vernal pools, and swamps contrast starkly with the city’s skyscrapers, roads, and industrial plants, and up to 90 percent of the area’s wetlands along the Detroit River have been lost since European settlement.