Tag: 2021
Stark uptick in deadly motorcycle crashes continues here, across Ontario
Seven motorcyclists have died on roads in the wider London region in the last two months alone, a troubling trend Ontario Provincial Police say reflects a deadly toll provincewide. The most recent death on local Ontario Provincial Police-patrolled roads happened Aug. 1 around 8:15 a.m. when a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck at the […]
Attack deal Guindon to Frontenacs for picks
A former first-round pick and COVID-era franchise cornerstone won’t return to the Owen Sound Attack this season. On Tuesday, the Attack announced they’ve traded Cedrick Guindon and a 2028 10th-round pick to the Kingston Frontenacs for five future draft picks. In the deal, the Attack get a 2027 second-round pick (Flint), a 2026 third-round pick […]
This old farm: One London-area family, nearly 200 years of history
From a bucolic photograph of a family out haying on its farm came questions – and a backstory about determination to stay on the land.
New heights! London’s Alysha Newman keeps her cool, vaults into Olympic final
Alysha Newman found happiness long before she found herself in the Olympic pole vault final here
Balmy Beach man leads relay run in memory of good friend
As Jesse Walker made his way along his fundraising run through the Georgian Bluffs countryside on Saturday morning, his thoughts often turned to his friend Tyson Downs, who passed away suddenly a year ago. “I did start thinking about Tyson while I was running,” the 19-year-old brain cancer survivor from Balmy Beach said once he […]