Tag: Huron
Calendars featuring adoptable pets supporting Lucknow-based rescue
A local pet rescue recently launched a new fundraiser to help cover care costs for animals seeking homes. “We currently have 99 cats and kittens and 20 dogs and pups,” said Kathi Newell-Nicholson, founder of Adopt-a-Pet Pet Rescue in Lucknow. “The cost for their food and supplies is our main expense after their initial vetting […]
Attack add six-foot-seven goalie and another Wray into the mix
On Monday, the Owen Sound Attack announced the signing of six-foot-seven goaltender Trenten Bennett. The Attack’s 14th-round pick in 2022, Bennett will serve in a backup role to Matthew Koprowski while Carter George is at Hockey Canada’s selection camp and likely the IIHF World Junior Championship until early January. Bennett is signed as an affiliate […]
Man, 21, charged after two truck driver struck by vehicle pulled from ditch
A 21-year-old London man is facing several charges after a tow truck driver in Huron County was injured when a vehicle removed from a ditch sped away. Huron County Ontario Provincial Police and paramedics responded to reports of a pedestrian being struck on Airport Line between Huron Street and Thames Road East, just west of […]
Officials preach caution near rivers, creeks as heavy snowfall melts
Area conservation authorities are warning the public to be cautious around slippery riverbanks as a blast of above-zero weather melts snow dumped on the London region last week.  Environment Canada was calling for a high of 3 C and rain on Monday, followed by above-freezing temperatures through Wednesday before cooling off later in the week. […]
Huron-Perth Catholic board appoints superintendent of education
The Huron-Perth Catholic District school board has appointed Sean McDade as its new superintendent of education. McDade, the principal of Goderich’s St. Mary’s Catholic school, starts his new role in January. A press release from the school board lauded McDade’s commitment to the board’s strategic priorities of Catholic faith formation, literacy, mathematics and student success. […]
Historic hotel’s roof collapses after days of heavy snowfall
Heavy snow that pummeled much of Southwestern Ontario is believed to be the cause of a roof collapse at a historic Huron County hotel, its owners say. The Albion Hotel in Bayfield, a community northeast of Grand Bend, will be closed “for an extended period of time” after the roof of the building gave way, […]
Unemployment rate drops in region that includes Grey-Bruce
The unemployment rate in the region that includes Grey-Bruce fell last month, coming in at less than half of the provincial rate. The rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased 0.6 per cent to 3.2 per cent, the second lowest unemployment rate in the province. The provincial unemployment rate decreased 0.4 per cent to […]
Snow daze: Unpacking a wild and woolly week in London
From a surge in snowblower sales to the city asking for help uncovering bagged leaves buried under snow, this week’s big lake-effect storms impacted London and the region in different ways. Here’s a roundup of what Environment Canada had to say about snow squalls that started Monday and returned a couple more times and how […]
Saugeen Shores Mayor Luke Charbonneau acclaimed Bruce County warden
Saugeen Shores Mayor Luke Charbonneau has been acclaimed Bruce County’s warden for the 2024-2025 term. Huron-Kinloss Mayor Don Murray, was also named deputy warden during the inaugural Bruce County council meeting Thursday at the county administration centre in Walkerton. Charbonneau was elected to municipal council in Saugeen Shores in 2006, served one term as councillor, […]
Grey-Bruce home sales ‘rocket up’ in November
The real estate market in Grey-Bruce is suddenly extra hot as buyers take advantage of lower interest rates. The association that represents local realtors is reporting that home sales in the region rocketed up more than 43 per cent in November, when compared to the same month in 2023. With a total of 228 homes changing […]