Month: September 2024
Unemployment rate ticks up in region that includes Grey-Bruce
The unemployment rate for the region that includes Grey-Bruce saw a slight increase in November over its previous month. The rate for the Stratford Bruce Peninsula Economic Region ticked up a tenth of a per cent to 3.7 per cent in November, after the region’s overall population and labour force size increased by 300 simultaneously, […]
Southwestern Ontario man fined $7,000 for illegal moose kill
A Southwestern Ontario man has been fined $7,000 and had his hunting licence suspended for illegally killing a moose, officials with Ontario’s ministry of natural resources say.
South Bruce Peninsula man charged after police officer assaulted
A South Bruce Peninsula man has been charged after a police officer was assaulted after responding to a disturbance in Wiarton on Saturday. Police attended a property on Boyd Street, where two individuals had engaged in a heated verbal dispute that escalated into a physical altercation, leading to a victim being assaulted, it said in […]
PHOTOS: Punk Rock Flea Market hits Centennial Hall
Dozens of artisans and niche retailers drew a large crowd to London’s Centennial Hall on Sunday for the Punk Rock Flea Market, which organizers describe as a “punk rock-inspired, curated pop-up market” that also featured live music. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
Prison for road-raging, gun-pointing drug dealer: ‘Troubling’
BRANTFORD – A road rage incident in which a Southwestern Ontario drug dealer pointed a loaded gun at a stranger has resulted in a five-year prison sentence amid an outpouring of support from the accused’s loved ones that baffled the judge. Jack Conway, 22, had a “unique path to criminal behaviour” said his lawyer, after […]
A London highrise takes a haircut, with a notable twist
Yet another towering residential project in London, where housing demand is through the roof, is taking a haircut – and neighbours, again, are at least partly the reason. What’s different this time? The tower proposed by Westdell Development Corp. is being pitched in an area of the northeast ripe for highrise living – in the […]
PHOTOS: Joy of victory at Dan Pulham minor hockey tournament
The London Bandits played host this weekend to the Dan Pulham minor hockey tournament, which brought dozens of teams to rinks across the city. Sunday’s championship games were all played at Western Fair Sports Centre. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
Thames Valley board rolls out enrolment caps at bursting schools
Thames Valley officials have slapped enrolment caps on two overcrowded schools, a move they call unavoidable amid headcount imbalances that have some buildings overflowing and others with empty desks. The Thames Valley District school board announced the student limits will come into effect on Jan. 1 for Lambeth public school in southwest London and Delaware […]
Consumers are careful spenders now, visit to Christmas market finds
Christmas shoppers were out Saturday at the Artisans Holiday Show and Sale in Owen Sound, where both buyers and sellers said they were feeling the pinch of the rising cost of living. There were 59 local artisans selling their baking and other foods, paintings, jewellery, woodworking, knitted and sewn garments and bags, metalwork and more, […]
Otters score six straight to cap off comeback victory over Owen Sound
Illegal street racing mogul Dominic Toretto once said, “it doesn’t matter whether you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning.” And if we can extrapolate his powerful statement and assume the inverse – – losing is just losing – – and the Owen Sound Attack keep finding new ways to lose. On […]