City councillor’s plea for mask mandates fails
Denice Pepe | March 23, 2022 After a two-hour debate, city politicians voted 10-3 against reintroducing a mask bylaw in London. The emergency meeting was held to debate the motion co-signed by councillors Jesse Helmer, Maureen Cassidy and Stephen Turner to reintroduce local mask mandates in London public buildings aContinue Reading
London Muslim community calls for anti-racism education after Mississauga mosque attack
Catherine Danko | March 3, 2022 The London Muslim Mosque has increased security measures and its leaders say more education about equity and diversity is needed after reports of an attack on worshippers at a Mississauga mosque. “We’re telling our community members not to panic, but to be aware,” outreachContinue Reading
Mask-off: City Council members push back against by-law extension
Cassandra Coleman | March 22, 2022 A proposal to extend mask mandates in London was met with scrutiny at a city council meeting on Tuesday. While some councillors called the extension “necessary,” others saw it as “divisive” and “confusing.” The proposed extension – which would implement a mask bylaw inContinue Reading
Western University students take initiative to help London’s hungry
Henry Standage | March 22, 2022 Two Western University students have teamed up with Huron University College to give away over 1000 free meals to London’s impoverished by eliminating food waste at first-year dining halls. Liam McCullagh and Nathan Hostetler, two friends in their third-year of health sciences, co-founded theContinue Reading
“Real opportunity” for provincial parties to work together, Liberal candidate says after federal agreement
Cristina Pietrantonio | March 22, 2022 An Ontario Liberal Party candidate said the party is keeping an “open mind” when asked about working with New Democrats in the upcoming election. Following the federal government agreement, London North Centre candidate Kate Graham said there “may be real opportunity for some historicContinue Reading
Reptile zoo to slither its way to London, Ont. Mall despite zoo ban
Denice Pepe | March 22, 2022 London City Council voted against Reptilia Zoo’s request for a business licence in 2018; now it’s set to open its doors in May. Animal activists and City Hall’s Animal Welfare Committee are calling for city officials to reach out to the owner of ReptiliaContinue Reading
Londoner starts online cement biz, sells out skull planters
Catherine Danko, Western Journalism StudioFeb 4, 2022 Cement, succulents and a whole lot of skulls. That’s all it took for a single mother and avid planter in London, Ont. to start an online side hustle. During the pandemic, Meghan Coneybeare started making concrete flower pots to keep her creative juicesContinue Reading
Facebook ad for antique brass mirror opens door to a vintage décor ‘paradise’
Chelsi Mackie, Western Journalism Studio Feb 4, 2022 If you are looking for vintage décor pieces to elevate your home, The Little Mushroom Vintage is the store for you. Jordan Hallman, the owner of the Instagram-based store, sells vintage décor items like brass, decorative mirrors (as seen in the aboveContinue Reading
Sign in Wortley supports truck convoy
Leah Williams, Western Journalism Studio Feb 4, 2022 Margaret Stewart hand-painted “Man Up Trudeau” on a metre-long piece of drift-wood display outside her Wortley Road home in London, Ont., in solidarity with the truck-convoy protests that have been taking place across Canada. The sign, which Stewart said took her fiveContinue Reading
Lululemon promotes diversity and inclusion through a positive message in their fitting room
Alexandra Laham, Western Journalism Studio Feb. 4, 2022 LONDON, ONT. – Lululemon at CF Masonville Place promotes diversity and inclusion through a positive message in their fitting room, to ensure their customers feel like they belong in the store. The uplifting sign was handwritten by a Lululemon employee—who was unavailableContinue Reading