Tag: Western
Public monument will remain in Alice Munro’s longtime hometown: Mayor
Politicians in Alice Munro’s longtime home community remain committed to keeping the public monument honouring her amid a posthumous scandal around the Nobel Prize-winning writer.
Ship doomed on Lake Michigan now moored on National Register of Historic Places | Great Lakes Echo
By Eric Freedman A Detroit-built sailing ship that sank in Lake Michigan during an 1864 storm has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The three-masted Mojave, only 1 year old at the time, went down in heavy weather while northbound on the route from Chicago to Buffalo with a load of grain. […]
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Summer movie season keeping film crews busy in London
Just call London, Hollywood North. One film is being shot in the city and two more are on tap to get cameras rolling in August, said Andrew Dodd, director of Film London, the city agency charged with expanding the film industry here. The film schedule may grow even busier as Film London also received support […]
SEE IT: As Hurricane Beryl’s tail-end hit London, so did two tornadoes
A team of Western University researchers has determined two weak tornadoes caused damage in parts of London on Wednesday as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl barrelled through the region. Officials with the Northern Tornadoes Project announced on Saturday they’d found evidence of “wind damage” in two locations in London â one in west London, and […]
‘We were chosen’: 122 newborns, one couple’s epic foster care journey
Don and Nancy Matthews, now in their 70s, fostered a small village of infants over the years. Only reluctantly has the Southwestern Ontario couple stopped. LFP’s Randy Richmond reports STRATFORD â Nancy Matthews always wanted a lot of babies. The love they need, the love they give â she can list any number of reasons […]
London doctor’s ‘death to Israel’ post triggers backlash
A London doctor has sparked outrage over a social media post calling for âdeath to Israel,â with some pro-Israel supporters calling for her medical licence to be revoked. Dr. Nahla Al Sarraj, now in post-graduate psychiatry studies at Western Universityâs Schulich School of Medicine, in a video post on X spoke about the months-long conflict […]
Western University takes step toward cutting ties with author Alice Munro
Western University has paused the research chair named in honour of local Nobel laureate Alice Munro, perhaps the first tangible sign her legacy will be affected after her adult daughter revealed a dark family secret. The Alice Munro Chair in Creativity, established after the Huron County writer’s 2013 Nobel Prize win, was designed to “lead […]
NOAA forecasts harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie – Great Lakes Commission
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a forecast predicting a moderate to above moderate harmful algal bloom in the western Lake Erie basin this summer. Read the […]
London Knights blue-liner Sam Dickinson signs NHL deal with San Jose
The San Jose Sharks have signed London Knights defenceman Sam Dickinson to a three-year entry-level contract. The club has now locked up its two first-round picks chosen in the NHL draft a couple of weeks ago at Vegas. First overall selection Macklin Celebrini signed with the team last Saturday and Dickinson was the 11th player […]