London Free Press
Parents of Indigenous children in the Thames Valley District school board face obstacles when trying to report incidents of racism in the system, according to a task force investigating potential racism in the board. “Our parents do experience barriers in reporting racism incidents in a timely manner,” said Indigenous trustee Gina McGahey. “It’s not knowing […]
London Free Press
An embattled outreach agency for street-level sex workers is suing its former director, alleging failures to submit various tax filings to the Canada Revenue Agency during her tenure on the board.  SafeSpace London – a drop-in centre that supports sex workers, other women and non-binary people – has launched a legal action against its former director and […]
London Free Press
Potentially hundreds of current and former employees of a London Indigenous organization face up to 10 years of income tax bills after learning they don’t qualify for a federal tax exemption. The employees believed Canada’s Indian Act exempted them from paying income tax, but their employer, Atlohsa Family Healing Services, recently learned that’s not the […]
Interlochen Public Radio
In northern Michigan, where much of higher education is offered at community colleges, officials say that will take investment in programs that meet workforce needs and doing away with tuition burdens.
London Free Press
Talked about for decades, high-speed rail passenger service is suddenly back in play, but Southwestern Ontario is left out. Why? Some observers say the region, which includes London, one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, lacks the political clout to make that happen and has been voting the wrong way for federal and provincial […]
London Free Press
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario.  Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]