Month: June 2024
PHOTOS: Here come the students!
Thousands of students are streaming into London, some for the first time, as the start of a new school year looms at Western University and Fanshawe College. Some of the more than 5,500 students staying at Western’s 11 residences have moved in but the bulk will do so over the Labour Day weekend, the school […]
London surgeon who lost hospital privileges charged with sex assault
A longtime London plastic surgeon is facing a sexual assault charge months after the city’s hospitals suspended his privileges to practise there.
Site work at new Rockwood Terrace in Durham to begin shortly
Grey County has awarded a tender for work that will prepare the site for the construction of the new Rockwood Terrace long-term care home in Durham. JT Excavating Ltd. was the successful applicant for the early works tender, which includes leveling the property, servicing the site with water, sanitary sewer and stormwater infrastructure for current […]
Salmon Spectacular leaders unchanged as of midday Thursday
There were no changes atop the leaderboard at the 35th Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular as of midday on Thursday, with Ian Morrison of Embro continuing to hold down top spot with a fish caught on Tuesday. Morrison’s 20.73 pound Chinook salmon led the overall salmon category as of 2 p.m. on Thursday. Mike Higginson continued […]
Walkerton has new emergency department closure tonight
Walkerton’s hospital emergency department will close tonight (Aug. 31) at 5 and reopen Friday (Sept. 1) at 7 a.m. due to insufficient staffing. Ambulances will bring patients to the nearest open emergency department. Anyone who needs immediate medical attention should call 911, said a news release from South Bruce Grey Health Centre, which runs the […]
Man shot in neck, chest outside home ‘targeted’: Sarnia police
A man who ran to Sarnia police headquarters after he was shot three times early Monday by a person wearing a mask was targeted, police say.
Overdose event recognizes people who ‘go unseen’
People tried to make visitors feel welcome at the Farmers’ Market building for a come-and-go barbecue marking International Overdose Awareness Day. Besides the free burgers and tables of pamphlets and information cards and free Naloxone kits, visitors were told they weren’t alone. “We’re here today to say we do see you,” event organizer Annette Pedlar […]
Crime Report: Abandoned boat mystery; $500,000 drugs, weapons bust
Police are searching for the owner of a sailboat left abandoned in the Port Stanley harbour this week and two men seen leaving it in a rental van.
Meaford to complete shoreline work in area of Fred Raper Park
Shoreline work is to start along the waterfront in Meaford in the coming days. The Municipality of Meaford said Thursday that shoreline rehabilitation work along Bayfield Street, which experienced significant erosion due to high water levels in Georgian Bay, will take place throughout September. “This shoreline serves as a protective barrier for vital infrastructure, including […]
Nova Scotia resident charged with stunt driving in Huron
A driver travelling more than 70 kilometres per hour above the speed limit was nabbed by South Bruce OPP. According to an OPP media release, an officer was on patrol along Highway 21 in the township of Huron around 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 27 when they used radar to determine a vehicle was travelling at […]