Tag: field
ANALYSIS: Cash-strapped school board officials’ stadium stay hurts public trust
A three-day stay at the Toronto Blue Jays’ stadium hotel by senior executives with a London-area school board facing a $7.6-million budget shortfall will erode the organization’s trust with parents and the community, a political scientist says.
Former OSDSS student studying forestry named Kirk Award winner
An Owen Sound student heading to Lakehead University to study forestry is the winner of this year’s Malcolm Kirk Environmental Award from the Grey Sauble Conservation Foundation. Hayden Wardell, a former Owen Sound District Secondary School student, will start a bachelor of science degree program in forestry at Lakehead University this fall. Each year the […]
Baysox face elimination following 14-6 loss at home
The Owen Sound Baysox face elimination after a 14-6 blowout at the diamond Tuesday night. The New Lowell Knights came to town fresh off a second-place finish at the Ontario ‘AA’ provincial championship and batted the Baysox into submission. With the win, the Knights take a 2-1 series lead back to New Lowell where Game […]
Waterless technology keeps food safe, extends shelf life
Ontario-based Clean Works moving into commercialization, and additional crops
Unions push for full cost of school board retreat at Blue Jays stadium hotel
The union representing early childhood educators says taxpayers have the right to know how much was spent on a retreat for school board executives
Scouting fields and washing imported equipment is vital to controlling unwanted weeds
“It’s not developing weed control resistance by being here, it’s already bringing Group 9, Group 2, and Group 14 resistance with it,” says one agronomist
Unions fume over cash-strapped school board executives’ retreat at old SkyDome hotel
Thames Valley District school board executives are facing criticism after roughly 18 senior staff members stayed at the former SkyDome hotel in downtown Toronto amid a $7.6-million budget deficit. While board leaders are defending the August trip, union officials are wondering why the planning session couldn’t have been done here, rather than in the heart […]
OUA football: Western Mustangs 38, Ottawa Gee-Gees 11
The Western football team finished the playoffs last fall with their top two running backs sidelined by injury. Keon Edwards and Keanu Yazbeck are back now and feeling fine. Both ran for more than 100 yards in their returns and the Mustangs grounded the Ottawa Gee-Gees 38-11 in their Ontario university opener on Sunday afternoon […]
All you need to know about cricket, London’s new favourite sport
With cricketâs popularity surging, local enthusiast Subhash Sharma has been at the forefront of advancing the sport in London for more than 20 years.
Lake Eugenia blue-green algae bloom positive for dangerous toxins
Public health is warning the public about a blue-green algae bloom in Lake Eugenia that could make people and pets sick. The algae bloom in the southern portion of the lake in Grey Highlands has tested positive for the presence of naturally occurring toxins called microcystins that are harmful to human and animal health, Grey […]