Author: Owen Sound Sun Times
Southwestern Ontario bottling plant shifting work to U.S., 160 jobs lost
With the news still raw that alcohol giant Diageo is closing its Amherstburg bottling plant and moving those operations to the U.S., the union representing workers there vowed Thursday to fight to save the facility. Closing the Amherstburg plant, so Diageo can bottle some Canadian-made Crown Royal whisky in the U.S., will kill 160 local […]
Police shot and killed a charging dog, and injured its owner, when the dog attacked police on the Oneida Nation on the Thames, police reported Thursday.
Police shot a charging dog as officers were investigating an incident involving two pit bulls on Oneida Nation on the Thames, Ontario Provincial Police say. On Tuesday at about 8 p.m., Oneida police responded to an animal complaint on Bodkin Road, police say. One resident was walking their dog when two unleashed pit bulls charged, […]
Star DJ Diplo set to headline revived Harris Park EDM music festival
London Music Hall is reviving its outdoor electronic music tradition this fall with the launch of a new festival at Harris Park and one of its biggest past headliners is returning. Bckyrd London, a two-day electronic dance music festival on Sept. 19 and 20, will feature rising star Knock2 on Friday night and Grammy-winning DJ […]
‘Magic mushroom’ court case takes unusual turn as accused stays abroad
Samer Akila’s constitutional challenge, believed to be a first in Canada, argues that psilocybin laws violate freedom of thought.