Tag: Friday
Early street artists join effort to ‘paint the change’ in downtown London
As teenagers at Beal secondary school embracing hip hop, James Kirkpatrick and Darcy Obokata gravitated to the alleyway off Clarence Street
People show their Canada Day pride at city birthday bash
Canadians at Owen Sound’s Canada Day celebration at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park said they felt proud and lucky to live in this country. The park was busy with activity Monday, the country’s 157th birthday, under sunny skies and a cooling bay breeze. Many ate barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers, ice cream and enjoyed […]
City waterfront ‘nowhere near’ its potential, local businessman says
It was grey and cool at Owen Sound’s Westside Boat Launch as 12 people in life vests prepared to head out in a dragon boat Sunday. They paddled out past the John D. Leitch, the towering, black-hulled lake freighter moored against the east harbour wall, and tooled around the inner harbour. The Sound Waterfront Festival, […]
Ready to show your Pride? Plenty of events during 10-day festival
The annual Pride London Festival begins in two weeks and, with 10 days of celebrations and a slew of events, make sure to plan ahead so you donât miss out on whatâs new and different this year.
PYETTE: London Knights’ hockey factory hums again for 55th straight NHL draft
The numbers donât lie. The London Knights produced another two NHL first-round picks in Sam Dickinson (Sharks) and Sam OâReilly (Oilers). They had four players picked this weekend in Vegas â including Jared Woolley (sixth round, 164th overall to the Kings) and William Nicholl (seventh round, 196th overall to the Oilers). That makes a world-leading […]