Tag: Friday
Scouts from Canada and U.S. brave frigid cold to camp at Harrison Park
Four of them pulled a heavy wooden sled through the woods, blazing their own path into the deep snow. A gentle wind blew down large snowflakes from the trees above as a little girl, suffering from faux hypothermia, joked that the squirrels were attacking them. A volunteer from Flesherton, swaying side to side to keep […]
Alzheimer Society’s SOUP’s ON fundraiser serves up the heat on a frosty Saturday
One of the region’s tastiest fundraisers served up hundreds of litres of piping hot soup on a frosty Saturday afternoon inside the Bayshore on Saturday. Over 630 people flooded into the fourth annual Alzheimer Society Grey-Bruce SOUP’S ON and Silent Auction. Ten soup vendors served up 18 different varieties. But only one could be named […]
Downtown church takes rare step amid cold, opens doors as overnight shelter
For the first time in recent memory, one of London’s historical central cathedrals opened its doors to bring homeless Londoners out of the extreme cold Thursday and Friday night. St. Paul’s Cathedral, which recently underwent a significant renovation to encourage more community and arts use, welcomed roughly 50 people into its historic chapel to stay […]
Owen Sound Attack drop seventh-straight in ’embarrassing’ fashion
The Owen Sound Attack are in a tailspin and looking for parachutes.
Saugeen Shores celebrates opening of Pryde Aquatic and Wellness Centre
Mayor Luke Charbonneau’s long-awaited ceremonial cannonball went off without a hitch Saturday morning. The mayor leaped into the heated eight-lane pool at the brand new state-of-the-art Pryde Aquatic and Wellness Centre in Port Elgin as hundreds of onlookers celebrated the grand opening of the new building. Talk about making a splash. The ribbon was going […]