London Free Press
London has won its share of Queen’s Park funding for meeting housing targets last year, but exactly how much remains up in the air. Provincial data has not been updated since December and only shows progress between January and October of 2024. Still, Mayor Josh Morgan said the city has reached roughly 95 per cent […]
Interlochen Public Radio
Peninsula Housing, the community land trust that operates within Leelanau County, will buy nine of the school’s 40 acres, and plans to develop attainable housing there.
London Free Press
A six-year-old boy was rescued from Lake Huron after drifting away from shore on what Ontario Provincial Police described as an “inflatable ring.” The child, who police said was wearing a “personal floatation device,” drifted from shore near Black’s Point Beach, south of Goderich, on Monday just after noon, police said. The boy was located […]
London Free Press
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. […]
Interlochen Public Radio
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?
London Free Press
In the freezer aisle at scores of grocery stores across Canada, shoppers can find golden croquettes stuffed with pulled pork or chicken – a twist on Brazil’s most iconic street food. That’s the signature of Frittos & Co., a London-based frozen snack firm founded by Wallace Franca and Marcelo Braga in 2022. “We produce a […]
Interlochen Public Radio
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.
Interlochen Public Radio
Why is it, I wonder, that a long, slow climb is so much more difficult than a short, steep climb?