Tag: Friday
Funeral held for boy, 14, who drowned at Port Stanley as family’s tragedies mount
An earthquake in Turkey took two of their daughters last year. Last weekend, Lake Erie claimed one of their sons.
Provincial funding will help homeless move into permanent housing
A local program that temporarily houses and prepares homeless people to live independently is now provincially funded. “It’s a huge commitment from Ontario Health for Grey-Bruce,” said Stephen Musehl, CEO of Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce. The Ontario government agency has committed $853,600 annualized funding for the program. “We’ve all seen the opioid crisis, […]
City police looking for vandals who defaced rainbow crosswalk
Owen Sound police are investigating vandalism to a rainbow crosswalk at Ecole Saint-Dominique-Savio overnight last Friday. Somone defaced the walkway, a welcoming symbol of LGBTQ2S+ rights, with white spray paint. Police say two suspects entered the school property Friday, July 12 just before 4:30 a.m. Both wore dark hoodies and dark pants. The walkway damage, which […]
Dyer: Trump neither unique nor irreplaceable
Almost everybody who feels obliged to comment about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump is insisting that ‘violence has no place in American politics’, but of course it has
City hall eyes lower speed limits along major London roads near schools
Slashing speed limits in school zones on London’s busiest roads by 10 kilometres/hour may not be enough to make them as safe as possible, one city politician says. City hall staff is recommending a 10 km/h reduction in the speed drivers can legally reach around schools on major streets like Highbury Avenue or Oxford Street. […]