Tag: Calls
London youth baseball league takes new step to screen out abusive parents
Trying to protect young umpires from verbal abuse by parents, a London kids baseball league is using screen-like banners at ballfields to obscure the view of home plate from the bleachers. The idea came from other Ontario leagues that have taken similar steps to prevent parents from yelling at umpires, many of whom are just […]
People show their Canada Day pride at city birthday bash
Canadians at Owen Sound’s Canada Day celebration at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park said they felt proud and lucky to live in this country. The park was busy with activity Monday, the country’s 157th birthday, under sunny skies and a cooling bay breeze. Many ate barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers, ice cream and enjoyed […]
Hospital unions fear layoffs as LHSC deficit soars to $150M
Workers at LHSC have a message for the hospital as it copes with a deficit expected to nearly double to $150M by the spring of 2025.
Western University: On-campus protesters building ‘more permanent’ base
Western University pledged to take action as an on-campus encampment protesting Israel nears the two-month mark with students bringing in new materials to build a fortified barricade, school officials say. Officials on Friday cited “egregious abuse” in the University Community Centre â adjacent to the pro-Palestine encampment, in place since May 8 â and other […]
Grey County to look at Owen Sound’s court security cost issue
The door hasn’t yet been fully opened, but Grey County council has at least agreed to take a peek at Owen Sound’s calls to have court security costs funded regionally. At its meeting on Thursday, Grey County councillors agreed to receive a staff report summarizing the issue of court security and prisoner transportation costs for […]