Month: June 2024
Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival seeks young filmmakers
The libraries of Bruce and Grey counties are looking for work from young and aspiring filmmakers for the Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival. The submission deadline for this year’s festival is May 10 with a screening of the selected films to take place at the Owen Sound Galaxy Cinemas in June. Selected films will also […]
Driver charged after truck hit hydro pole near Shallow Lake Wednesday
Grey Bruce OPP charged a 44-year-old driver from Montreal with careless driving after a truck collided with a hydro pole amid deteriorating weather conditions along Highway 6 near Shallow Lake Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported but the truck was blocking much of the road and traffic was directed around the mishap, which was reported […]
Organizers book ‘biggest act in Rock the Park history’ for 20th anniversary
How’s this for celebrating your 20th anniversary?
Highway 21 remains closed after fatal crash Wednesday night
Highway 21 remains closed this morning between Springmount and Jackson for police to investigate a fatal motor vehicle crash in Georgian Bluffs Wednesday night. Police, firefighters and paramedics were called at 9 p.m. to the scene of the crash. One person was taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead. No name or details about […]
One last run at $168M police spending looms at final city budget debate
Barring a mayoral veto, the month-long multi-year municipal budget debates will end when city politicians have one final meeting on Thursday. LFP’s Jack Moulton takes a look at where the process has led to, and what is next. Where the city budget sits now Following the last public input session, on Tuesday night, there is […]
PHOTOS: Heartbreaker ends high-flying Western Mustangs men’s basketball season
The Western Mustangs men’s basketball team lost 75-72 to the Brock Badgers in a Wednesday night thriller at Alumni Hall, ending their season and dashing dreams of a berth in the national university hoops tournament. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
Oshawa Generals top London Knights; Easton Cowan point streak stretches on
Dale Hunter sat at the blackjack table too long. Down three midway through the third, the London Knights head coach pulled goaltender Michael Simpson for an extra attacker with the man advantage and his team eventually scored a couple of goals. But he gambled for a 6-on-5 edge with 2:41 left and got burned by […]
‘Big surprise’: Condo owners hit with huge bills to replace balconies
Residents of a Pond Mills condo complex are getting slapped with up to $8,800 each in balcony replacement bills, an unexpected one-time cost that’s putting significant pressure on the seniors who live there, one resident says.
Letters to the Editor: February 29, 2024
Coach remembered
Notorious killer serving life sentence appears in court on new charges
It was a familiar face appearing in the London courts who was there again on serious criminal charges. William (Billy) McDonald, 33, who was convicted of two murders in London and is serving a life sentence, was back in a London video court on Wednesday to move along his case surrounding the trafficking of weapons […]