Pilot program to send Huron paramedics, mental health workers to homeless encampments

Pilot program to send Huron paramedics, mental health workers to homeless encampments
The Lucknow Sentinel
HURON – A new pilot program launching in Huron County is aiming to confront the growing rates of homelessness in the county head on. The Community Paramedic Homelessness Outreach program is set to launch Wednesday, Sept. 10, and will see Huron County paramedics and Huron housing and homelessness services staff
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Thousands flock to tiny village of Lucknow for Kinsmen charity events

Thousands flock to tiny village of Lucknow for Kinsmen charity events
The Lucknow Sentinel
For two weekends each year, the number of people in the small village of Lucknow expands by thousands thanks to successful charity events run by the local Kinsmen Club. This is an instalment in Postmedia’s How Canada Wins series.
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Report highlights barriers former inmates face reintegrating in Grey-Bruce

Report highlights barriers former inmates face reintegrating in Grey-Bruce
The Lucknow Sentinel
People "released to the sidewalk" are sometimes faced with starting over without identification, transportation, money, immediate medical needs or shelter, a new report says
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Report highlights barriers former inmates face reintegrating in Grey-Bruce

The Lucknow Sentinel

People "released to the sidewalk" are sometimes faced with starting over without identification, transportation, money, immediate medical needs or shelter, a new report says

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Pearson: How to replace division with connection

The London Free Press
It's time to try politics of service, of repair, of collaboration in crisis.
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Baranyai: Doug Ford ditches due process for sake of results

The London Free Press
Crafting new laws benefits from consultation, careful debate, expert testimony, and even compromise
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Plan to put housing on city parking lots gathers steam

The London Free Press
City staff are recommending the city pursue housing development on a parking lot in Old East Village and two lots at Ridout and Horton
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Buyers’ market takes hold in Southwestern Ontario – but can first-timers cash in?

The London Free Press
After a couple of years in balanced territory, Southwestern Ontario’s housing market is firmly turning into a buyers' one
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Ontario surprise shaves nearly a point off London’s projected tax hike

The London Free Press
London politicians met Wednesday in the final advance meeting of their budget committee, finding some surprise savings through a legal interpretation by Queen's Park.
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