Month: June 2024
High school sports round-up: winter season quickly wrapping
BOYS BASKETBALL SINGLE-A The Woodland Christian High School Cavaliers swept both the senior and junior brackets at the CWOSSA single-A boys’ basketball championships hosted Friday in Walkerton. The senior Cavaliers beat Walkerton 56-47 in the championship contest to earn the crown while the junior Cavaliers beat Walkerton 42-39 in overtime to win the gold medals. […]
Local Special Olympics athletes impress at provincial championships
After a three-year wait – and a little longer due to the weather – Special Olympics athletes from the Owen Sound and the central Bruce Peninsula region returned to the Nordic Ski and Snowshoe Provincial Championships at Arrowhead Provincial Park this past weekend. The Owen Sound Waxwings and Central Bruce Snow Gliders nordic ski teams […]
Impaired charge laid after OPP stop stolen vehicle
Charges have been laid after a vehicle driven by a suspected impaired driver in Middlesex County turned out to be stolen.
Lockdown charges dropped as police drone footage shows too-small crowd
A pandemic lockdown charge laid against a woman who organized a November 2020 rally against COVID-19 restrictions has been dismissed, thanks to drone footage by Chatham-Kent police.
GALLERY: LFP’s top photos from February
We’re looking back on February in and around London through the lens of LFP’s photojournalists.
Break-and-enter suspect being sought by police
Grey-Bruce OPP are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect connected to a recent break-and-enter.
Attack raise over $60,000 for local hospice
The Owen Sound Attack helped raise over $60,000 for a local hospice at a recent fundraiser at one of their home games.
Applications open for local Vitality Fund
South Huron’s Vitality Fund is now accepting applications for funding for this year.
Need a family doctor? So do 65,000 others in the London area
The number of London-area residents with no family doctor has risen to 65,500 in the last two years, says an Ontario family doctors’ group urging provincial action.
Man, 23, charged with impaired driving in stolen vehicle
A man is facing charges after officers arrested a suspect driving a stolen vehicle near London while impaired, provincial police say. Officers responded shortly before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday to Highway 401 near Wellington Road after receiving a complaint about a possible impaired driver going west on the highway, Middlesex OPP said. The responding officers eventually […]