Tag: youth
Canada Day celebrations include activities, nod to Indigenous Peoples
Canada Day events are talking place in the Owen Sound area over the coming days, while Meaford will be celebrating Canada’s 157th birthday and its own 150th together. The four-day, free Sound Waterfront Festival this weekend in Owen Sound will be capped with Canada Day celebrations on Monday, July 1. Canada Day window flags for […]
Man, teens accused in separate London homicides appear in court
The three people accused in two unrelated weekend homicides in London made brief court appearances Tuesday and will remain in custody while they secure legal representation.
‘Gave people so much’: Teenage London homicide victim mourned
Candles burned Monday at a memorial to a London teenager in the parking lot of a public housing complex where the 18-year-old died after allegedly being stabbed Friday night. People close to Abdul Hashim, known to his friends as âZeko,” remember the Sir Wilfrid Laurier secondary school graduate as a hard-working teen with “a heart […]
Vigil held for London teen killed two days after high school graduation
More than a dozen people held a vigil Saturday night to mourn an 18-year-old Londoner who graduated high school only two days before being killed, with grieving friends remembering him as a friendly and energetic young man. Abdul Hashim, known to his friends as âZeko,â died Friday night after he was stabbed in the parking […]
Baranyai: Time to act against social media harms, even imperfectly
We don’t have conclusive proof social media is dangerous to kids, but as Murthy emphasizes, we also don’t have reliable evidence it’s safe.