Tag: Contest
SPORTS BRIEFS: Attack open season on Sept. 19 in London
MBUYI TABBED FOR CHL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR As the Ontario Hockey League’s Rookie of the Year, the Owen Sound Attack’s Pierce Mbuyi is up for the Canadian Hockey League’s annual award this Friday. Mbuyi, 17, became the first Attack player to win the Emms Family Award after breaking the franchise’s “true rookie” scoring record […]
South Bruce Peninsula runner-up for bylaw muzzling free speech
‘You do not need the government’s permission to protest, and this law needs to be challenged if the municipality does not repeal it soon.” — Canadian Constitution Foundation
White throated sparrow takes first place in fattest bird competition
This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.
By Clara Lincolnhol, Great Lakes Echo
A very round white throated sparrow is the heavyweight champion of the 2025 Wisconsin Fat Bird Week contest.
The bird, coined the “spherical white-throated sparrow,” won by a landslide, receiving 72% of the vote in the final round against its nearest competitor, a “rotund ruby-throated hummingbird.”
The winner made it through eight rounds in the single-elimination, March Madness-style bracket competition against seven other birds.
Jr. B North Stars slide into playoff position with one week left
The Owen Sound North Stars are getting hot at the right time. The North Stars went 3-0 this past week and have climbed into the final playoff spot in the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League’s Western Conference. With three games remaining in the regular season, the North Stars are 8-9 and a game up on […]
Gelman site’s future is unclear as Trump proposes EPA cuts
Locals have been pushing for more aggressive solutions to the Gelman plume, but the company isn’t required to fully clean it up. EPA intervention could change that — if it survives Trump 2.0.