Tag: advocate
Informal care advocate wants to combat ‘regulatory nonsense’: ‘Informal caregivers must stay afloat’
That is why the association is one petition started in the run-up to Informal Care Day on November 10, 2023. The petition includes requests to treat informal caregivers with confidence,…
Yoram Leker, Devil’s Advocate
Bright and humorous voice, that’s Yoram Leker. And above all, here is a lawyer who has frequented quite a few history books: the history of the Holocaust seen through the…
Young LGBTQ+ advocate beams with pride over rainbow crosswalk in Simcoe
News Local News Posted Jun 14, 2023 • 2 minute read Ten-year-old LGBTQ+ advocate Ryder Mandryk was beaming with pride on Wednesday June 14, 2023 as a rainbow crosswalk was…
Late community advocate Lynn McGeachy-Schultz named citizen of the year
Remembered for her passion and tenacity, a beloved community advocate who died last month, is the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce’s citizen of the year. Lynn McGeachy-Schultz will be honored posthumously…
Stratford-based musician Loreena McKennitt latest to advocate for city’s historic Shakespearean Garden
News Local News A group of volunteers helping to maintain and promote Stratford’s historic Shakespearean Garden have welcomed a new patron – singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt. Stratford-based singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt has…
‘Saddened’: Veterans’ advocate laments local poppy box theft
Provincial police are asking for the public’s help after a poppy campaign donation box to support Canadian veterans was stolen from a Southwestern Ontario OnRoute location along Hwy. 401. The…
Why a long-time cover crop advocate is adding cattle to his Chatham-Kent farm
News Local News Blake Vince and his family brought these thrifty, white-faced cows and calves from ‘up north’ to their Chatham-Kent farm. He’s also custom grazing a larger number of…
Board’s special education plan doesn’t meet needs of students: Advocate
News Local News Thames Valley school board’s special education committee has rejected a motion designed to block approval of the board’s $66-million special education plan for 2022-23. The Thames Valley…
Board’s special education plan doesn’t meet needs of students: Advocate
News Local News Thames Valley school board’s special education committee has rejected a motion designed to block approval of the board’s $66-million special education plan for 2022-23. The Thames Valley…
An advocate for animals died knowing his shelter dream was coming true
ST. THOMAS – An advocate for foster animals died knowing his dream of a new dog park and shelter would be realized after an entrepreneur donated nearly half the project’s…