Fish Hatchery receives donation, sees good turnout for “Fin clipping”
On Saturday, February 26, approximately thirty volunteers and members of the Lake Huron Fishing Club came out for their second day of “fin clipping”. This process happens once annually, where the adipose fin is partially or fully clipped to mark the trout or salmon. The ministry requires all hatcheries to do this so that they […]
Minor hockey coach turfed after stick thrown at referee: Police
A Southwestern Ontario minor hockey coach was escorted from a game by Ontario Provincial Police officers after throwing a piece of a broken stick at a referee. It was about 8 p.m. Wednesday when police say they were called to Talbot Gardens, a hockey arena in Simcoe, for reports of a disturbance involving a coach […]
Bervie W. I. report
Bervie Women’s Institute met via Zoom on March 2 with President Janice Hewitt opening the meeting with a poem “Early Spring”, O Canada, the Opening Ode and the Mary Stewart Collect. Thirteen members answered the roll call with show & tell – many had beautiful sewing projects to share & other items of interest. Betty […]
Family escapes burning St. Thomas home
Firefighters were called to the home on Chestnut Street early Friday morning.
City hall spent $5M in 2021 on its core-area action plan. Is it working?
After testing interventions such as ambassadors, street cleaning and a focus on live events, city hall recommends London keep at some of what it’s done to help breathe new life into the core and Old East Village.
Toyota, Cami keep COVID safety measures in place for workers
Ontario may be easing its COVID-19 restrictions, but Cami Assembly and Toyota are not following suit any time soon.
Two men charged after disturbance in downtown Owen Sound
Police confiscate a pellet gun and a knife.
Family escapes unharmed from middle-of-night house fire
A family was able to escape a blaze at a home in St. Thomas early Friday, the city’s fire officials say. Emergency crews were called to a home on Chestnut Drive, but the family managed to escape to safety, the St. Thomas Fire Department noted in a social media post at about 2 a.m. Friday. […]
London landowner rips city hall bill for repairs he had completed himself
Hurt badly by the pandemic and smarting from a business sale that fell through, Spiros Letsos now has to deal with a $1,100 bill from the city for work it did not do.
The 519 Podcast presents ‘The Windsor Blockade: fight for freedom or misguided mischief?’
On this episode of the 519 Podcast, we speak to a reporter who covered the blockade, Windsor’s mayor, its deputy police chief, and an economist about the protest near the Ambassador Bridge.