Tag: women
Father delivers powerful message at vigil for slain daughter: ‘Do what you can’
Brett Broadfoot had a clear message for the crowd gathered at a northeast London park: Everybody needs to take action to stop intimate partner violence. The grieving father of homicide victim Breanna Broadfoot, 17, spoke to the more than 200 people attending a candlelight vigil Wednesday night at Ed Blake Park. âThe message here this […]
Umpires honour one of their own who died at area tournament
A serious car crash in 1999 couldnât keep Rick Rogers away from the game he loved. The former fastball player had transitioned to menâs league slo-pitch in Stratford, but his playing days ended after suffering two broken legs and a shattered spleen in the collision. Years of surgery helped him walk again, and he took […]
Man who killed girlfriend had been charged with assaulting her
An 18-year-old man shot and killed by London police after fatally stabbing his girlfriend last week had been ordered to stay away from her
Moose lessons: What they can teach us about human aging | Great Lakes Echo
By Eric Freedman Getting old can be rough, right? Osteoporosis. Osteoarthritis. Periodontitis – a trio of chronic diseases that make bones fragile, make joints degenerate and make teeth become loose. All three diseases harm the quality of life of millions of people worldwide. But that triple-whammy also besets moose, say Michigan Technological University and Duke […]
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Wiarton gearing up for first annual Homecoming Weekend
A new event is planned for Wiarton on the Civic Holiday weekend this year. The first annual Wiarton Homecoming Weekend will take over the South Bruce Peninsula town, building on the annual Wiarton Rotary Village Rotary Fair, which was discontinued in 2023 after more than 82 years. Joe Vanderzand of the organizing committee said Tuesday […]