A time honoured tradition of public speaking continues at Brookside Public School. The school’s public speaking competition was held on Feb. 6 and what a success it was. There were many first-time speakers in the gym this year. We heard about hockey and hockey teams, snow days, different tractors, Harry Potter, the pet dog, family […]
The effects of this week’s winter storm continue to cause closures and cancellations in the area today, Feb. 19. All Municipality of Kincardine rural roads remain closed. Goderich Street from Bruce Avenue to Huronville remains closed. Elgin Market Public School, Kincardine District Senior School, Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School, and Ripley-Huron Community School are closed. The […]
Barriers to trading goods between provinces could be costing the wider London area as much as $1.4 billion in lost production a year, a national economist says.
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It was a dark-coloured sticky substance that was illegal. “I didn’t know the name of the stuff he was making,” the young school-age child testified at a drug-lab trial. “I knew it was the weed and the syrup and the gummies… and the cigars made out of weed.” It was remarkable testimony from a school-age […]
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Intense snow squalls continued to result in road closures in Grey-Bruce on Tuesday, while students across the two counties were home from school. Grey-Bruce OPP said they responded to close to 40 collisions on Monday alone, along with numerous other traffic hazard calls, including vehicles stuck in drifts and snowbanks. They were asking people to […]
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario. Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]
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Winter weather and road closures are impacting Kincardine once again. Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School and Kincardine’s Municipal Administration Centre are both closed today, Feb. 14. Municipal staff that are able will be working remotely. However, there could be some service disruptions, the Municipality said in an email. For road conditions and other traveler information from […]
More snow. More problems. Despite Wiarton Willie’s assurances earlier this month of a waning winter, the season’s end seems even further away after another dumping of snow overnight Wednesday and into early Thursday morning. All school buses in the region are cancelled. Environment Canada issued a blowing snow advisory for the area Thursday morning. The […]
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School buses were cancelled for both major London-area school boards and multiple morning crashes were reported on both Highways 401 and 402 Thursday after an overnight snowstorm swept across the region. Shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday, officials announced on social media that all school vehicles for both the Thames Valley District school board and London […]
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Could some Canadian and Southwestern Ontario businesses benefit from U.S. tariffs? Not really, experts say.
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Recent freeze-thaw cycles are shining a harsh light on London city hall's winter operations as residents, especially those with mobility issues, grow frustrated with treacherous sidewalks
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The U.S. used to be our closest ally and a friendly neighbour, but it has declared an economic war on our country.
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