Month: June 2024
London Knights open season with ugly home-ice defeat
The London Knights’ season-opener was marred by a horrific middle frame in a 5-3 defeat to the Owen Sound Attack before 9,036 Friday at Budweiser Gardens. London was outscored 3-0, outshot 15-1 and the ice was tilted in the visitors’ favour for most of that unsettling 20 minutes. “It felt like we had nothing going,” […]
Owen Sound’s second-period surge key in opening night victory
For 20 minutes Friday, the Owen Sound Attack exceeded the wildest fever dream expectations of even the most hopeful among their fans. For 20 minutes they were near perfect and rode the wave to a win. The Attack scored three unanswered goals in the second period while holding the London Knights to a single shot […]
Loaded gun seized after car crash in South Bruce
Provincial police say they located a loaded gun and drugs after responding to crash in South Bruce earlier in the week.
Truth, reconciliation and a day to honour residential school victims
As a child, Jack Chrisjohn didn’t understand why he wasn’t allowed to speak his Indigenous language.
Owen Sound hears from municipal election candidates
Owen Sound voters got their first look at the candidates in the Oct. 24 municipal election Thursday night. Sixteen candidates for council introduced themselves and fielded questions in a packed room at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre during a meeting organized by the Owen Sound & District Chamber of Commerce. Questions were directed at smaller […]
City hall is sizing up these three eyesores for demolition
City politicians are being asked to sign off on demolitions of a handful of dilapidated buildings, ordered to come down because of safety concerns, including an ice cream shop that burned down this year.
Police start blocking streets in area town amid concerns over car rally
Goderich is once again bracing for mayhem with reports a large, unsanctioned car rally is rolling into the lakeside town this weekend, a week after the rumoured event failed to materialize.
Education, healing during National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events
Of the dozens of children from Saugeen First Nation who attended residential schools, only five are alive today. One of those is Shirley John, who on Friday during the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was busy talking about her own experiences as a way to both educate as many as possible and help others. […]
Wrecking ball may loom for one of Canada’s most photographed houses
PALMYRA – For decades, the Guyitt House on the outskirts of this tiny Chatham-Kent hamlet slowly has faded from its original grandeur to its current dilapidated state.
Walkerton hospital emergency department closing overnight Friday and Saturday
South Bruce Grey Health Centre has announced another temporary emergency department (ED) closure.