Tag: Woodstock
Cemetery forced to clean up ‘terrible mess’ from encampment
Woodstock city council is giving a local cemetery $500 to reimburse it for cleaning up a homeless encampment on its property. Councillors voted unanimously at a meeting Thursday to give the money to Woodstock Baptist Cemetery in the cityâs northeast end to compensate it for cleaning up the encampment. Coun. Deb Tait, who brought the […]
Strathroy council rejects proposed flag ban that irked LGBTQ group
STRATHROY â Politicians here overwhelmingly rejected restrictions proposed by a town council colleague that would have banned non-government flags on municipally owned land, a possibility that rankled LGBTQ community members. In an 8-1 vote Monday night, politicians turfed Coun. Brian Derbyshire’s bid to allow only municipal, provincial and federal flags on flagpoles on municipal properties, […]
Baby flown to London hospital, woman charged with assault: Police
Hanover police have charged a 23-year-old North Bruce Peninsula woman after a four-month-old baby was treated for injuries in Hanover hospitalâs emergency department before being flown to London for more treatment. Hanover police Chief Chris Knoll said in a statement that police were called early in the morning on Oct. 30 about the injured baby. […]
Neighbour still irked over school-related troubles, despite some students’ efforts
Little has changed on the front lawn of a Woodstock family â a gathering place for as many as 80 unwelcome College Avenue secondary school students â since they went public with their concerns last month. But what has been done since The Free Press detailed the issues is the work of the high schoolers […]
International student cuts hurting Canada: Fanshawe College student leader
The president of the student union at Fanshawe College said Canada’s decision to cut international students is tarnishing the country
Fanshawe College cuts loom due to drop in international students: President
Fanshawe College is bracing for a steep drop in international students in January, its president said in an email to staff
Family of man who died after assault by officer sues police, officers for $3M
The family of Woodstock man who died after a police assault and jail stay is suing Woodstock police and two of its officers for $3 million.
What we know about retirement home that is suddenly closing
All we know and donât know about the abrupt closing of small Norwich retirement home amid a police fraud investigation.
A lesson in pressure: School boards race to keep up with population growth
There’s no end in sight to a population boom in the London-area that has strained the housing and rental markets and challenged local school boards, both now racing to build new schools. New projections show London and surrounding Middlesex County will add the equivalent to a city the size of Windsor in population growth during […]
Nursing home set to abruptly close, forcing out residents: ‘Nowhere to go’
A Southwestern Ontario retirement home where police say some residents were victims of fraud has announced it’s closing its doors in two weeks, leaving its residents’ futures uncertain. Miranda Guitardâs husbandâs elderly grandmother is a resident at Trillium Norwich Retirement Home in Norwich, south of Woodstock. She received an email Saturday afternoon from staff alerting […]