Across northern Michigan, hotel taxes generated almost $30 million for area convention and visitors bureaus. Some in Traverse City say the money should go to the county.
Across the Great Lakes, electricity and gas costs are rising, with utilities in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin seeking hundreds of millions in additional rate hikes. Read the full story by […]
Free Press readers sound off on the topics of the day including NIMBYism near Labatt Park, opioid deaths and a renters' activist.
A large swath of downtown London was blocked off on Wednesday morning due to a natural gas leak, fire officials say.
A Toronto resident, 49, is facing multiple charges related to a suspicious house fire in Huron-Kinloss. On April 3, around 10:16 p.m., South Bruce OPP and fire departments from Lucknow and Kincardine responded to a structure fire at a residential property on Bruce Road 86, also known as Amberley Road. Firefighters arrived to a “fully […]
Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police Const. Sean O’Rourke has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man on Highway 401 in July 2021.
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Activists said the facility, now open as an immigration detention center, is a profit-driven system that exploits vulnerable communities and called for its closure.
A Free Press reader calls for leadership in health care, on regulatory bodies, and on the public to demand better from mental health units.
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The review is a major step toward a permitting decision on the controversial proposal to build a tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac. The last day for the public to comment is June 30.
Old East Villagers had to leave their homes after an excavator hit a natural gas line, causing a “serious” gas leak Thursday morning, a London fire official says.
Six people were taken to hospital after a community centre in London's Old East Village was evacuated Monday morning due to high carbon monoxide levels, officials say.