High school sports round-up: winter season quickly wrapping

BOYS BASKETBALL SINGLE-A The Woodland Christian High School Cavaliers swept both the senior and junior brackets at the CWOSSA single-A boys’ basketball championships hosted Friday in Walkerton. The senior Cavaliers beat Walkerton 56-47 in the championship contest to earn the crown while the junior Cavaliers beat Walkerton 42-39 in overtime to win the gold medals. […]

Man traded fentanyl to woman 90 minutes before her fatal overdose

A 40-year-old man pleaded guilty in Walkerton’s Superior Court of Justice Wednesday to trafficking in fentanyl to a woman who died of a fentanyl overdose. John Kevin McPhee, now living in Nova Scotia, was initially charged with manslaughter in 27-year-old Shawna Trivedi’s death. He admitted trading fentanyl on two occasions to Trivedi. But difficulties of […]

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U.S. shoots down object over Lake Huron

Airspace was closed over the Tobermory area Sunday afternoon as the U.S. military tracked and shot down an object flying over Lake Huron. Search efforts were underway Monday. Reuters cited two U.S. officials Sunday, who spoke on condition of anonymity, that “the military had shot down the object” near the U.S.-Canada border. On Monday, aircraft […]

Registrations now open for supportive parenting group aimed at fathers

Following a brief pandemic-induced pause, registration for the winter 2023 My Dad’s Group session is now open. The program aims to foster communication and supportive connections between dads in the community in order to improve parenting skills and share advice. This year, the program offers two group locations, one in Owen Sound and one in […]