Tag: Huron
London lands three new industries, more than 200 jobs: ‘Delighted’
More than 200 industrial jobs will land in London as three manufacturers buy land here with plans to build new plants, the head of the city’s economic development agency says.
Three boaters rescued after canoe capsizes near Kincardine
Three people wearing life jackets were rescued after their canoe capsized on Lake Huron south of Kincardine. One person was taken to hospital for observation, but otherwise no injuries were reported, a South Bruce OPP news release said. About 8:35 p.m., three people were reported overdue by family. South Bruce OPP was contacted about the incident, on […]
Mississauga resident drowns at Sauble Beach
A 22-year-old Mississauga resident drowned at Sauble Beach on Tuesday. Just before 4 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP, Bruce County paramedics and the South Bruce Peninsula Fire Department responded to a report of two people in distress in Lake Huron. One of the individuals was brought safely to shore. The second person was brought to shore […]
Damage pegged $100K in northwest London house fire
No one was injured in a house fire in northwest London on Tuesday evening but damage is estimated at $100,000. London Fire Department officials say crews were on the scene of blaze at about 6 p.m. for “search, rescue and fire controlâ after the blaze began in the basement of the home located at 1371 […]
Indigenous group clears cottagers’ barricades at Ipperwash Beach
Tensions are running high on a stretch of Ipperwash Beach after a group from a nearby First Nation removed barricades and plantings put in by cottagers. Cottagers said dozens of people who described themselves as Anishinaabe members of the nearby Kettle and Stony Point First Nation used chainsaws and heavy machinery on Saturday to clear […]
Police lay domestic mischief charge at music festival
Police charged someone with domestic mischief at the annual Lucknow Music in the Fields festival Friday. Police investigated a report of intimate partner violence on Aug. 23 at a campsite at the weekend concert in Huron-Kinloss, and charged a 48-year-old Owen Sound resident with domestic mischief, a South Bruce OPP news release said. Const. Melissa […]
Three boaters rescued after canoe capsizes
Three people wearing life-jackets were rescued after their canoe capsized on Lake Huron south of Kincardine Friday night. One person was taken to hospital for observation but otherwise no injuries were reported, a South Bruce OPP news release said. About 8:35 p.m., three people were reported overdue by family. South Bruce OPP was contacted about the incident, […]
Jail for man who set treehouse fire that killed teen girl sleeping inside
A young man found guilty of criminal negligence causing death for setting a treehouse on fire, killing a teenage girl who was sleeping inside it with her boyfriend, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail. After a trial, Superior Court Justice Roger Chown found an intoxicated and disgruntled Taran Hibma, then 18, of Owen […]
Old Boats and New Adventures | Great Lakes Now
Heritage sailing on Lake Huron and a historic passenger ship returns to its former glory.
Which heritage buildings could lose protection, and what will replace them
Five properties are recommended by city staff to be removed from the heritage registry during Monday’s meeting of city council’s planning committee, meaning they could be destined for the wrecking ball in order to build anew. LFP’s Jack Moulton takes a look at the properties as they are now, and what they might become. 243 […]