Quiet St. Patrick’s Day for bars in Vancouver still cause for celebration
By Karis Chitty VANCOUVER – Canadians are looking at subdued St. Patrick’s Day festivities once again this year, on a day that is normally one of the busiest of the year for local bars. In British Columbia, the day has become a new anniversary: it’s been exactly one year sinceContinue Reading
London is getting a new vegan bakery at the end of the month!
(Source: Cinnaholic) By Hélène Bigras-Dutrisac Great news for Londoners with a sweet tooth: a new vegan dessert shop is coming your way! Barsha Bhola, owner of the London Cinnaholic franchise, said the COVID-19 pandemic forced her to delay opening for months. But after months of waiting, the gourmet cinnamon rollContinue Reading
Daylight Saving Time and COVID-19 linked to effects on mental and physical health
By Eunice Yidana Tick-tock, tick-tock . . . It’s now been three days since the clocks sprang forward one hour last Sunday. After one year of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are already struggling with sleep. Add the yearly time change into the mix, forcing a new adjustment to sleepContinue Reading
Construction Season Begins: Dundas to close between English and Adelaide
By Jason Lo Construction season began this week in the Old East Village with the closure of Dundas St. between Adelaide St. and English St. This is the second phase of a construction project that began last year, shutting down another portion of Dundas St. between English and Ontario St.Continue Reading
Experts say Senate’s new harassment policy could silence survivors
Photograph: © Library of Parliament. By Hélène Bigras-Dutrisac Former senators and gendered violence experts are denouncing the Canada’s new Senate harassment prevention policy implemented last month. Critics take issue with a confidentiality clause that limits the ability of people involved in a formal complaint from discussing it outside of theContinue Reading
St. Patty’s Day revelers hit downtown bars, while student neighbourhoods stay quiet
By Jessica Singer, Calvi Leon and Karis Chitty In years past, St. Patrick’s Day was a day in London for busy street parties, day drinking and dressing head-to-toe in green to party with friends. But a year into a pandemic, London’s St. Patty’s certainly isn’t what it used to be.Continue Reading
Delivery service ticketing leads to six new ‘park and pick-up’ zones in downtown London
By Colm Cobb The City of London, Ont. announced today in a media release the creation of six new “park and pick-up zones” intended to limit the number of tickets issued by city by-law officers to food delivery couriers. The new zones will include more than a dozen temporary parkingContinue Reading
Iran’s final report on Ukraine plane crash: operator error caused fatal crash that killed 176, including 4 Western students
By Darya Eshaghi Iran’s final report on the crash of Ukraine International Flight 752 has been released. Four Western University students were killed in the crash: Sajedeh Saraeian, Milad Nahavandi, Hadis Hayatdavoudi and Ghazal Nourian. The country’s civil aviation body blamed an error by an air defense operator for causingContinue Reading
Atlanta spa shootings suspect going to Florida to shoot more prior to arrest: police
By Kelly Wang At a news conference Wednesday, Atlanta police provided more details around the triple spa shootings that took place in that U.S. city Tuesday evening. The shootings killed at least eight people, including six Asian women and two Caucasians. Police say they learned the suspect was on hisContinue Reading
Decision to allow new sidewalks sparks debate on accessibility needs
By Kelly Wang London city council’s Civic Works Committee has voted to grant zero exemptions for any street that’s set to get a new sidewalk this summer, but the debate didn’t stop there. In the midst of Monday’s meeting, where 31 delegates gave their points-of-view, a new debate was formedContinue Reading