Page 35 - Eric Bunnell News Today

Like many other Ontario communities, St Thomas was once known for its many churches, I think, and while the city may have fewer today, it now also has a mosque.

Try refreshing your browser. Eric Bunnells People: An easy answer Back to video That was the go-for-it greeting voiced Monday at St. Thomas city council by Mayor Joe Preston for Project Tiny Hope, the initiative to build affordable housing on the former Elgin Handles property on Kains Street. “If you are looking for support, I’ve seen nothing but thumbs up from this group,” Mayor Joe told Lindsay Rice, director of services and community development for St. Thomas-Elgin YWCA, and Doug Ta...

Article content For years, it was home to a factory that provided St. Thomas residents with a future. Now, the long-idle site of mostly demolished Elgin Handles Ltd. is going to serve the community once again. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Eric Bunnells People: A new chapter for Elgin Handles property Back to video The Kains Street property has been bought for Project Tiny Hope, St. Thomas-Elgin YWCA’s ambitious supported-housing initiative to...

Author of the article: Eric Bunnell  •  Special to Postmedia Network Publishing date: Apr 22, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  7 minute read  •  Vicki Asher, left, is the new manager of the Horton Farmers Market in St. Thomas under the auspices of St. Thomas Economic Development Corp. She is pictured in this file photo with Sean Dyke, the corporations CEO, and Tara McCaulay, the EDCs Elgin/St. Thomas Small Business Enterprise Centre manager. File photo jpg, WD Article content It�...

Article content As we work from home, there’s no better place to live right now in Ontario than St. Thomas. That’s according to Maclean’s, in the news magazine’s survey of Best Communities in Canada, out last week. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Eric Bunnells People: Ontarios best place to live Back to video “I love it,” smiles Sean Dyke, who is CEO of the St. Thomas Economic Development Corp. “It’s a great recognition for the com...

Theres joy in Jumboville, again. Author of the article: Eric Bunnell  •  Special to Postmedia Network Publishing date: Apr 08, 2021  •  5 hours ago  •  7 minute read  •  An artists rendering of a new roundabout on Fairview Avenue at Bill Martyn Parkway shows a sculpture of St. Thomas baseball great Jack "Glad" Graney batting against a young star of the future, while Glads dog, Larry, looks on. (Submitted image) Article content Mighty Glad is at bat. We apologize, but th...

Article content Laid out on an old-fashioned iron bedstead is a bride’s wedding-night trousseau – a pretty chemise and pantaloons, trimmed with white lace and tied with pink ribbons, handmade by her in anticipation of a couple’s future together. A future that never was to be. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Shortly before Alice Kirk’s 1918 nuptials, the Central Elgin fiancée’s groom-to-be was dead. He was one of approximately 55,000 Canad...

Article content Though politicians are more usually the targets of jabs, Elgin–Middlesex–London Tory MPP Jeff Yurek is getting in some needling of his own these days. A pharmacist in civilian life, Jeff joined the front line last week at Western Fair’s Agriplex as a volunteer health-care worker giving COVID-19 vaccinations for the London-Middlesex and Southwestern health units. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Eric Bunnells People: From Queens...

Article content When I ran down the days this week in last week’s column, I missed Pancake Day on Tuesday. But whoever thought it could come and go by with no church suppers? We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Eric Bunnells People: Be kind to one another Back to video Once again, there’s that phrase we’re hearing all too much of in these times of the new normal: Next year! Good thing there’s gardening during the season at the house. Because i...

We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. “The people around here appreciate him – and Catfish definitely does.” Dusty is conservation areas supervisor for the Catfish Creek Conservation Authority. And Victor Herrington of Sparta is the keeper. Victor, 68, is a long-serving volunteer at the Springwater Conservation Area. Heck, with 21 years under his belt, he’s the longest-serving volunteer on the conservation authority’s roster. His dedication now ...