Every spring, adult midge flies emerge by the Milwaukee lakefront in giant swarms to mate, procreate and lay their eggs in Lake Michigan. Though they may be a nuisance, midges […]
May is always a particularly busy month for the Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) as members plant the large tubs of annuals that appear around the village, clean up public gardens and host a plant sale on the long weekend. The cool spring has forced the group to put some planting on hold and […]
Tucked behind a splash of neon pink, Rebel Layne is Wortley Village’s whimsical new Italian restaurant, where cherry blossoms drip from the ceiling and green vines trail the walls.
The current strategy of the Israel Defence Force involves starving the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip into leaving the entire territory.
A range of herbs, flowers, fruit bushes, trees, house plants, seedlings and more are being offered during the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) plant sale on May 24. A selection of rare and heirloom varieties, as well as conventional and familiar plants, will be available by donation from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the […]
Two London manufacturers have shaken off industry uncertainty to settle collective agreements delivering wage, benefit increases to workers.
Canada's population has more than doubled since 1960 to more than 40 million, but housing starts haven't kept pace.
London’s unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in April as the local economy shed nearly 2,000 jobs and the toll of the U.S.-Canada trade war came into sharper focus. Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate for the region, which includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, hit […]
Fanshawe College is slashing 400 full-time employees positions – 35 per cent of its workforce – in the wake of a projected cumulative deficit of $95 million by March 2027.
Volkswagen has dodged the tariff and trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. and its manufacturing plant being built in St. Thomas will proceed full speed ahead, the city’s economic development boss says. Electric-vehicle batteries made in St. Thomas will be tariff-free under recent changes to the trade policy announced by the U.S., auto industry […]
The For Our Youth (FOY) club gathered on April 26 for a chilly but productive meeting at one of our favourite locations — the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG). We saw some familiar faces at the March Break Ripley and District Horticultural Society meeting, but stormy winter weather prevented us from getting together in February, […]