• PA Media: Entertainment

    Squatters slowly filter out of Gordon Ramsay’s pub

    Four squatters have left the Grade II listed building near Regent’s Park on Friday morning.

  • Local Journalism Initiative

    After years of ‘piecemeal’ growth, Norfolk County tackles urban boundary expansion

    When choosing where to put new housing, municipalities in Ontario are supposed to stay away from farmland, particularly “prime agricultural” land ideal for specialty crops. In Norfolk County, that is almost impossible. “The majority of land in Norfolk is prime ag,” said county planner Nicole Goodbrand during a meeting on Tuesday where councillors debated proposals from developers to expand Norfolk’s urban boundary. The boundary review process was sparked by a 2021 study from Watson and Associate

  • Associated Press

    BP defeated thousands of suits by sick Gulf spill cleanup workers. But not one by a boat captain

    John Maas spent years buying and outfitting a 17-foot aluminum boat called the Superskiff 1 so he could take customers fishing for sea trout and flounder in the Gulf of Mexico. It was nasty work under oppressive, humid heat in oily water and around the chemical dispersant Corexit deployed in massive quantities to break up oil. Maas said the Corexit smelled like burning brake fluid and caused his eyes to water and skin to burn.