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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
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- Driver dies after crash north of London that also seriously hurt passengerA man involved in a weekend crash north of London has now died, provincial police say. Two people were rushed to hospital Sunday morning with life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash on Medway Road, between Richmond Street and Wonderland Road, about 7:45 a.m. The male driver of the vehicle was later pronounced dead, Middlesex OPP […]
- Three weeks, zero deaths: How London is exiting COVID-19's 'first wave'The London-area is marking more than three weeks since the last reported COVID-19 death, the longest stretch with no new fatalities since the pandemic began in March. Public health officials in London and Middlesex County have not reported a single COVID-19 death since June 12, when a woman in her 90s linked to a retirement […]
- Brown: Snotgirl a cutting satire of social-media generationThe latest Snotgirl book — the third volume in the series written by London’s Bryan Lee O’Malley — is titled Is This Real Life? and it may be the only graphic novel to feature a menage a trois on its cover.
Mitchell
- Driver airlifted to hospital after latest collision in RusseldaleAfter a relatively quiet number of months, the intersection of Highway 23 (Perth Road 164) and Perth Line 20 at Russeldale came to the forefront once again on July 2. A two-vehicle collision took place at approximately 1:30 p.m. when a car collided with a transport trailer at that intersection, resulting in the car’s driver […]
- Maple tree plantings by MP mark Canada DayJohn Nater, MP for Perth-Wellington, normally has a full agenda of places to be throughout the riding on Canada Day. This July 1, though, was a little different as we all well know. So instead of racing across the riding in one day, Nater spread out his visits, leaving a ceremonial maple tree in his […]
- Personal touch much appreciated in a difficult timeThere’s nothing like a personal touch, especially during times when touching is strictly forbidden. That’s what two area sisters recently organized for the 90 residents of Hillside Manor, in Seebach’s Hill. And it touched a lot of hearts. Sydney and April Timmermans, dietary aides at Hillside, sparked a collective art project at the end of […]
- Busy off-season continues for Mitchell HawksThe start of another hockey season – heck, the pros haven’t even finished their 2019-20 season yet! – is far in the horizon, but that’s not stopping the Mitchell Jr C Hawks of the Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) from conducting some business. Most notable was the recent announcement by new General Manager Josh Keil […]