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In Alice Munro’s hometown, a family secret exposed stuns fans and friends
Editor’s note: This story contains details of sexual abuse WINGHAM â A bombshell family secret revealed by Nobel laureate Alice Munro’s daughter has stunned the Huron County hometown that inspired many of her short stories, with one friend saying she was “shocked” by it. In a column in the Toronto Star, one of the late […]
Apartment and townhouse proponent seeks city rezoning
A rezoning application to permit apartment buildings as part of a larger development in Owen Sound awaits a city staff recommendation, now that a public meeting was held Monday night. Tenth Avenue Estates is a proposed 85-unit life-lease residential development which is to include 22 townhouses and two apartment buildings — one 3 ½ storeys containing 29 units, […]
With women dying at ‘alarming rate’ from violence, province urged to act
Advocates for abused women in the London area are urging the province to act in the wake of âunbearableâ intimate partner violence that has claimed the lives of several women in the last few weeks. A bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in Ontario passed second reading at Queenâs Park and needs to […]
Woman charged in London-area crash that killed two people on motorcycle
A 46-year-old woman is charged with two counts of careless driving causing death in a crash west of London that killed two people on a motorcycle, Middlesex OPP said. The motorcycle collided with an SUV on Egremont Drive west of School Road in Adelaide Metcalfe at about 1:10 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, police said […]
Daughter of writer Alice Munro details dark Huron County family secret
Editor’s note: This story includes details of child sexual abuse A daughter of Nobel laureate author Alice Munro has written a first-person essay in The Toronto Star detailing sexual abuse by her stepfather at their Huron County home and her motherâs decision to side with her husband over her child. In the piece, published Sunday, […]