Matt Stevens, Finite Robotics CEO, said startups sometimes develop great products that are impossible for farmers to integrate into their operations
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) Oct. 15 meeting featured a first-person account of viticulture – the practice of growing grapes for the purpose of making wine by member Susan Miszturak. She and her husband spent 23 years in the Niagara region growing grapes and making wine before retiring home to Ripley in 2024. […]
Members of the South Bruce branch of the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario/Organization des eneignantes retraitées de l’Ontario (RWTO/OERO) met at the Ripley-Huron legion hall on Oct. 15 for their fall meeting. Ever mindful of the needs of the community, particularly women, the ladies brought donations for personal hygiene products, which were given to the […]
By Julia Belden
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and governor are marking Michigan’s first Microplastics Awareness Week. Scientists are now finding microplastics in the human body but don’t know their long-term effects.
A Free Press reader shares gratitude for the London Fire Department for a recent safety check of the vacant property next door.
Winter conditions in the Great Lakes are getting much shorter — by about two weeks fewer each decade since 1995
Last call continues for too many craft breweries. A trio of popular brew pubs each turned off the lights this fall.
Jack-o-lanterns will once again illuminate the trail for visitors of Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) in Ripley the day after Halloween. “We had over 100 pumpkins last year and we hope to have that many again this year,” said Heather Newman, BBFG president, in an Oct. 15 email. Following the success of the inaugural Jack-o-lantern […]
The goal is to open the shelters before the end of the year, though Mayor Josh Morgan stated that it is easier said than done.
The Reid family's annual Halloween Haunt has raised thousands of dollars for community members in need.
Gratitude filled more than dinner tables this Thanksgiving, with Londoners giving more than they did last year to the London Food Bank’s fall drive.
As volunteers and officials for the London Food Bank made their rounds across the city on the final weekend of the Thanksgiving collection drive, London Free Press reporter Beatriz Baleeiro rode along to see how the pick-up process works. How does the food collection work? The Thanksgiving drive, one of the London Food Bank’s largest […]