London Pizzeria Faces Backlash After Flaunting Health and Safety Violations Online
By Henry Standage, Western Journalism Studio Feb 4, 2022 On Thursday, London’s Zenza Pizzeria shared an image on Facebook and Instagram announcing that they would not be following Ontario’s current Covid-19 health guidelines for businesses. The sign, also posted briefly at the entrance of the King Street restaurant, said ownersContinue Reading
Lottery Thief Still At Large One Year On
By Amelia Eqbal, Western Journalism Studio Feb 4, 2022 The colour may be faded, but the call to action is clear. Two homemade “wanted” posters have been hanging on the door of Station Park Convenience Store, a local variety shop on Richmond Street near Pall Mall Street, for almost aContinue Reading
Poster campaign offers 100 ideas for fun
Michelle Both, Western Journalism StudioFeb 4, 2022 The duo behind The Localist have created a poster campaign highlighting 100 ways to enjoy the city throughout the pandemic. One hundred posters were hung around the city on telephone poles, bulletin boards and bus stops in the summer of 2020. Some postersContinue Reading
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