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Western reports COVID-19 outbreak in first-year residence

ByThe London Free Press

Western University is reporting a COVID-19 outbreak in its largest student residence building, the first in a campus dorm this school year. Western said the outbreak involves five students at Saugeen-Maitland Hall, a first-year residence just off Western Road. The university has made COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all students, staff and students living in its […]

More students, teacher absences cramp Thames Valley school board budget

ByThe London Free Press

An expected influx of new students and a spike in staff being absent from classrooms has put pressure on the London-area’s largest public school board, according to a just-released preliminary budget. About 3,000 new students are expected to enroll in Thames Valley District schools this fall, the report states, and that’s one of the pressures […]

Plastics found in most Lake Huron water samples

Plastics found in most Lake Huron water samples

ByBlackburn News

Lake Huron Coastal Centre Stewardship Technician, Alyssa Bourassa says 83.3 per cent of the twenty-four lake water samples that were collected from Lake Huron at the beginning and the end of last year’s Coast Watcher season, contained micro-plastics.

Bruce County breaks ground on new paramedic station in Port Elgin

ByOwen Sound Sun Times

Construction of Bruce County’s new $8 million three-bay paramedic station is officially underway after the county recently broke ground at the station’s build site in Port Elgin. The project is expected to be completed by early summer 2023. The new facility will serve as the headquarters for Bruce County’s Paramedic Services, located on Bruce County’s […]