A long-anticipated housing project for homeless veterans in the city is one step closer to reality.
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Also: The Emmet County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday it been looking for Gille for about 24 hours before the attack.
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A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Michigan’s local public health departments as they prepare their fiscal year 2026 budgets.
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The rule would prohibit extended stays at MDOT rest areas and carpool lots—spaces where some unhoused Michigan residents have sought refuge.
A London researcher who focuses on poverty and homelessness and a celebrated harmonica player and composer from Sarnia are among 83 people appointed Monday to the Order of Canada. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon announced the appointments of Cheryl Forchuk and Mike Stevens for their contributions to the nation. “Forchuk is an esteemed nurse scientist at […]
A Free Press reader supports London bike paths, but does not support "dangerous bike paths."
There’s no place like home for the holidays – unless it’s Santa’s House in London. With only about 180 days until Christmas, Santa Claus has been at least temporarily evicted and his house is boarded up and on a trailer in a Ridout Street parking lot. Its next destination, if there is one, isn’t clear. […]
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In May, Traverse City cleared “The Pines,” a homeless encampment near Division and 11th streets. Officials promised residents would have places to go - like Safe Harbor or the Goodwill Inn. But did that happen?
A Free Press reader calls for leadership in health care, on regulatory bodies, and on the public to demand better from mental health units.
With so many homeless and the great cost to taxpayers, one Free Press reader says it's time to look at new ideas to help the homeless.
Firefighters from across Norfolk County worked for more than five hours Friday night and Saturday morning to contain a large fire of about 2,000 discarded railway ties near Mabee’s Corners in Courtland. Norfolk’s deputy fire chief, James Robertson, said the “significant outdoor fire” on Orange Hall Road involved intense flames and heavy smoke, with the […]
It wasn’t long before the homeless returned to an encampment in the backyard of an east London home after police and firefighters cleared the scene following a fatal blaze, neighbours say. A fire ripped through 1884 Avalon St., northwest of Clarke Road and Dundas Street, on April 17, killing resident Teresa Cartwright and causing $500,000 […]