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Students take action on move-out day mess
Every year on April 30, the streets of London’s student neighborhoods are transformed into garbage dumps. That’s because unwanted furniture, appliances, clothing and other assorted junk is left behind in front of vacated rental houses. You can practically set your clock by it. And Western’s student government says they’re fed up with the yearly trash-heap…
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Coming out for coffee, conversation, and support
Conversations over coffee can help people catch up with friends – or come out. Coming Out Over Coffee is a new LGBTQ support group launched by Family Service Thames Valley (FSTV). The pilot program holds drop-in sessions every second and fourth Tuesday of the month starting at 6:30 P.M. Samantha*, who asked that her last…
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Landing fish in Thames Valley schools
Something fishy is about to get underway in two Thames Valley district schools. The school board has adopted an environmental art project called Stream of Dreams to teach elementary students about water pollution. Staff from the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority and the Dorchester Watershed Action Committee will be at Northdale Central Public School in…
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Board of the mountains, snowboarders take to the streets
It feels like the beginnings of a heist. We’re sitting outside a museum mid-afternoon, waiting, in a car full of equipment, for bystanders to clear the area. “People scouted it the night before,” says Alex Kyle in the passenger seat. “But there’s so many variables. Sometimes there’s no security, other times there’s a police car…