Kincardine school getting more classrooms, child-care centre

St. Anthony’s School in Kincardine is getting an eight-classroom addition and a four-room child-care centre addition. The province announced this week it was providing more than $13 million for the project as part of its capital program to provide better learning spaces. The project will create 190 elementary student spaces, 78 child-care spaces, four child-care […]

Pair of Ice Hawks squads win gold at Leaside tournament

Two Owen Sound Ice Hawks clubs soared to gold medal performances at the 41st Toronto Leaside March Break Madness tournament earlier this month. The Owen Sound Ice Hawks under-11 B club and the Owen Sound Ice Hawks under-15 B team both earned the top spot in their brackets at the annual tournament. The under-11 Ice […]

United Way heating subsidy reliance is transitory, many heat with wood

A detailed look at who’s getting help with home heating costs through United Way-distributed subsidies shows most people use them as a temporary measure, for two years or less on average. The “majority of clients are not long-term recipients of energy support payments,” the statistical report prepared for the United Way by former board member […]