Local Senior Housing Consultant says renters being crunched by lack of affordable housing
The Senior Housing Consultant for Tim Welch Consulting, says people hoping to buy a home are not the only ones struggling with the lack of affordable housing.
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LONDON-FANSHAWE: Riding a rare double NDP fortress in London
LONDON-FANSHAWE THE RIDING Shaped like a backward ‘L’, the mainly urban riding is home to the London International Airport and nearby industries, Fanshawe College, giant defence contractor General Dynamics Land Systems and much of the White Oaks neighbourhood. The riding extends north and east to the city limits, taking in some of London’s rural reaches. […]
ELGIN-MIDDLESEX-LONDON: New MPP guaranteed in rare open race
ELGIN-MIDDLESEX-LONDON THE RIDING The triangle-shaped, urban-rural riding covers all of Elgin County, including St. Thomas, Thames Centre to the east and a significant swath of south London, from the Bostwick neighbourhood to Lambeth. The riding has historically been home to key players Ontario’s in automotive manufacturing sector and is spanned by the Hwy 401. HOTTEST […]
Family pet dies in Owen Sound house fire Monday
A house fire near downtown Owen Sound resulted in the death of a family’s dog Monday morning. Owen Sound Fire Chief Phil Eagleson said the family of four who lives at the home on the corner of 11th and 2nd Avenue West were visiting family when a fire started in their kitchen. A person using […]
Ontario election: Expect Tories to stay on script, NDP to press in final push
Expect more of the same campaign tactics from the Progressive Conservatives and ramped-up messaging by the New Democrats, political strategists say, as the big three parties enter the home stretch of a low-excitement provincial campaign.
Sr. B N’Stars bring .500 record to Bayshore ahead of six-game homestand
The Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars senior B club are returning home with a 2-2 record after a four-game road trip to start their 2022 Ontario Series Lacrosse campaign. The North Stars host Six Nations Saturday afternoon at the Bayshore in their home opener, scheduled for 3 p.m., and the expansion Clearview Crushers, Sunday […]
Ukrainian refugees in London: Profiles in heartbreak and hope
‘We are here, and now we want to start from scratch, a new life.’
‘Human error’ led to London Majors home opener evacuation: Officials
‘It was human error. They perceived something that wasn’t there.’
Gas leak derails London Majors’ celebratory home opener
The London Majors’ 2022 home opener was suspended and Labatt Park was evacuated due to a gas leak Friday night. Paramedics were on scene to treat a handful of staff with minor injuries and local police helped clear the historic diamond of nearly 4,000 fans at the first Intercounty Baseball League tilt since the Majors’ […]
Fire guts rooming house, businesses in downtown Hanover
Rick Howald was asleep in the rooming house in Hanover he has called home for almost a year, when the fire alarm went off. Immediately he could see and smell the smoke and knew he had to get out. “I went across the roof and came down the back on the fire escape,” Howald said […]
City should have shut down unlicensed rental home long before fire: Legal advocate
The dangerous living conditions exposed by a fire at a northeast London home, where an unlicensed rental went seemingly unchecked for years, highlight the complexities of a deepening housing crisis and problems at city hall, critics say.
Local furniture maker retooling to meet hot sauna demand
Durham Furniture has purchased the local Vokes Furniture brand and now the former Vokes Furniture company has a new name and new mission to meet an exploding home outdoor sauna demand. Mike Vokes has opened True North Saunas to build barrel-style outdoor saunas and others with less expensive pine in a market dominated by pricier […]
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