Owen Sound Sun Times

Port Elgin’s pumpkin drop a smashing good time

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A 1,785-pound pumpkin makes a sickening thud when dropped from a crane four storeys high into a field of furniture— and you would know that if you visited the Saugeen Shores Community Church’s annual pumpkin drop Sunday in Port Elgin. It’s an event that makes sense. Two weeks ago, growers from all over the province […]

London Free Press Sports

Western Mustangs clinch second seed, lose key starters in blowout win

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A year ago, the Western football team entered the playoffs without their top two running backs. Untimely injuries have returned. The Mustangs clinched second place in the Ontario conference by crushing Windsor 46-5 Saturday at Western Alumni Stadium, but lost explosive tailback Ethan Dolby and top receiver Seth Robertson early in the regular-season finale. Western […]

London Free Press

Man, 38, charged in $250K Old East Village blaze

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A 38-year-old man is charged after fire tore through a vacant building along Dundas Street in London’s Old East Village, police say. The fire, deemed an arson by police, did an estimated $250,000 in damage, police said. Fire crews were called at about 10 a.m. Wednesday to the building at 737 Dundas St., on the […]

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Federal aid to rescue Michigan cherry farmers after devastating crop loss | Great Lakes Now

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Federal aid to rescue Michigan cherry farmers after devastating crop loss

By Nina Misuraca Ignaczak, Planet Detroit

This article was republished with permission from Planet Detroit. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter here.

Federal aid is coming to Michigan’s sweet cherry farmers, who lost much of their crops this year due to erratic weather patterns and subsequent pest infestations.

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