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Bad to worse: Downtown London office vacancy rate projected to hit 33%
Offices in downtown London will continue to empty out this year, keeping the city’s core vacancy rate among the highest in the country, a new report says.
School board chair won’t say who approved big pay hikes for senior staff
Thames Valley chair won’t say if trustees OK’d pay raises for senior administration in 2023 because of a ministry-ordered audit.
Owen Sound mayor pays tribute to Stew Taylor
Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy opened the first council meeting of 2025 on Monday with a tribute to former city mayor Stew Taylor. Taylor, who died of pancreatic cancer on Dec. 20 at 77, served as the city’s mayor from 1995 to 2001. He was a city councillor before that, from 1983 to 1994. Tayor […]
Grey-Bruce farmers told to be ready to adapt to changing climate
While Grey-Bruce and the rest of southern Ontario is expected to be less affected by a changing climate than many other areas, it still doesn’t mean farmers here don’t need to be ready to adapt. Mark Robinson, a meteorologist and storm chaser with The Weather Network presented to a packed Elmwood Community Centre during Crop […]
Youths petting cat on sidewalk assaulted, man charged: OPP
Three youths petting a cat on a sidewalk in Port Stanley were assaulted by a man who came out of a home and yelled at them, Elgin OPP say
London officials urge safety with deep freeze set to feel like -21 C
London public health officials have issued the first cold weather alert of 2025 with bitter winds expected to make it feel like -21 C on Tuesday.
Oxenden Nordic skier to make World Cup starts
Oxeden’s Julian Smith has been selected to the Nordiq Canada World Cup Period 3 Team that will compete from Jan. 12 to Feb. 17 with races in France, Italy and Sweden. Athletes selected to the team demonstrated the ability to achieve a top 20 performance in competition. Competing with the team allows the athletes to […]
Big changes coming to boys’ rep hockey in Grey-Bruce
Big changes are coming to boys’ representative hockey in Grey-Bruce next season. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, the Western Ontario Hockey Association (WOAA) will begin a two-year “A-Zone” pilot project aimed at providing local hockey players with more opportunities to develop and compete in A and B-level representative hockey closer to home. This will be […]
Denver Barkey’s four-point effort leads the London Knights over persistent Owen Sound Attack
The London Knights looked like they were going to blow the Owen Sound Attack out of the Bayshore Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd, but in the end, a 6-4 Knights victory almost feels like a win for the Bears. London stormed out of the gate and took a 4-0 lead into the […]
Grey-Bruce’s New Year’s Baby adjusting to life in the spotlight
Walter Boone Twigger-Swannell is adjusting to newfound fame and the bright lights of the outside world after becoming Grey-Bruce’s New Year’s Baby at 2:56 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2025, at the Brightshores hospital in Owen Sound. Weighing in at just over seven pounds and born to Devon Twigger and Travis Swannell of Meaford, Walter is […]