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Community Portal – Events
Let Quadro help you get the word out about your upcoming community event. Simply fill out the form below and once approved, it will be displayed on Quadro’s website for everyone to see. The layout is similar to the form, with your image on the left or right and the description of your community event. We’ll also include your event on Quadro’s Social Media Pages; Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you email an image (size 1035 px x 582 px) we’ll even include it on Quadro’s Community Channel (channel 1).
Guidelines to be included in the Community Portal:
- Keep copy (text) to the most essential elements to quickly get your point across.
- Ensure there is a way for us and your intended audience to reach you, should we need to clarify something.
- Remember to include location, date and time of your event.
- Include an image that best represents your event.
- If a fundraiser, ensure that you clearly state how the funds are to be used, ideally include your license or charitable number.
- For the community channel, image size is 1035 px (width) by 582 px (height). Not sure, let us know and we’ll design it for you.
- Allow one full business day for the postings to go live.
- Ideal time to include your event 2 – 3 weeks in advance (up to 1 month).
Thank you for allowing Quadro to support your community efforts, through the Community Portal.
N.B. — The events will appear below this text and above the form and in chronological order.
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London
- London-area health unit offers free hep A vax in wake of frozen mango recallThe London-area health unit is holding two hepatitis A vaccination clinics after a national outbreak linked to frozen mangoes.
- 'Burnt out and beaten down': Pandemic taking heavy toll on nurses, Windsor study findsWINDSOR — Nurses in one Southwestern Ontario city are so "burnt out and beaten down" by the pandemic, many are quitting the profession, a study has found.
- Letters to the Editor: Aug. 5It’s common sense According to Adam Rehorn, in his letter to the editor Don’t discriminate (Aug. 3), if I am suffering from polio and have a case of smallpox, I should not be discriminated against because, in Canada, we “pride ourselves on tolerance and acceptance.” Both diseases are highly contagious and fatal. While COVID-19 is […]
- She did it! Jillian Best conquers Lake Ontario, joining exclusive clubSometimes Lake Ontario can get the best of people who try to swim it. This time it was the other way around. Needless to say Jillian got the Best of Lake Ontario.
Mitchell
- Hawks announce flurry of player signings, but search is on for new coachIn a week of activity that drove professional sports pundits around the bend with excitement, the Mitchell Hawks of the Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) made their own noise last week with a flurry of official player signing announcements, including a “massive” deal. It was all tempered somewhat with the resignation of their head coach, […]
- West Perth pledges to look at ward boundaries, council composition after next electionThe Municipality of West Perth has pledged to take a close look at their ward boundaries and their council composition – but nothing will take place before the next municipal election in October of 2022. With time not on their side, council made a motion to investigate their options, which could include remaining status quo, […]
- Balanced Squirt girls squads split a pair of recent gamesLast week the Mitchell Squirt girls (Moses) fastpitch softball team split a pair of games, defeating a short staffed Mitchell Squirt (Medhurst) squad, 15-8; and losing to Clinton, 19-15. Against Medhurst on a bright, warm Sunday afternoon, July 25, both teams played with less than nine players but got the most out of everyone. Leah […]
- Public to have their say whether fire siren returnsAfter an absence of more than a decade, the sounds of a fire siren may return to the West Perth fire hall in Mitchell. Whether you want it to return, and in what form, will depend on the public, West Perth council heard at their July 19 meeting. Fire chief Bill Hunter presented a report […]