Bruce County Memories: Farmerettes were the unsung heroes on the home front

Bruce County Memories: Farmerettes were the unsung heroes on the home front
The Lucknow Sentinel
It was 1940, a time of national emergency. At the start of the Second World War, Hitler’s army ruthlessly swept across western Europe. Britain suffered devastating bombing raids and food shortages due to German blockades. Canadian farms would have to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of food to feed
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Electric school buses pulled off road, nearly 200 London area routes cancelled

Electric school buses pulled off road, nearly 200 London area routes cancelled
The London Free Press
A fire last week in a Lion Electric school bus in Quebec prompted an inspection of all of the company's buses
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Laser weeding is taking place around the world

Laser weeding is taking place around the world
The Lucknow Sentinel
In addition to farmers using them in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, they are zapping weeds in the U.S., Europe, Australia and New Zealand
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Farm couple’s donation adds a wing to Montreal Aviation Museum

The Lucknow Sentinel

The museum, run by 40 volunteers, is located in the old stone dairy cattle barns on the Macdonald College campus

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Trucker pleads guilty to smuggling 84 kg of cocaine across border

The London Free Press
A Toronto truck driver’s trial in Sarnia into drug smuggling charges at the Blue Water Bridge came to an abrupt end on Tuesday.
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OHL finals: 5 things to know as London Knights, Oshawa Generals clash again

The London Free Press
It’s an Ontario Hockey League championship series rematch.
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Pope Francis: London-area Catholics mourn death, praise ‘true pastor, shepherd’

The London Free Press
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 at his home in Vatican City following a stroke that led to heart failure. He had been ill since February when he was diagnosed with double pneumonia. Since a portion of his lung was removed in his early 20s, he had suffered frequent respiratory […]
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Huron-Bruce candidates woo voters at Port Elgin meeting

The Lucknow Sentinel

From tariffs to taxes to defunding CBC and abortion rights, approximately 200 people heard from Huron-Bruce candidates at a meeting April 10 in Port Elgin.

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