Tag: Labour Day
Meaford film festival features award winners starting Friday
The three-day Meaford International Film Festival will present six award-winning movies at Meaford Hall starting Friday. The event features a MIFF Red Carpet Gala Thursday night, Sept. 19, hosted by “Collingwood premier drag queen,” Enya Dreams. There will be a live auction, live performances and a chance to mingle with local celebrities and community members, […]
Woman says she’s charged with assault – over a water gun fight
SIMCOE â A woman says she’s in disbelief after being charged with assault with a weapon for what she calls the act of spraying a person during a water gun fight. Wendy Washik, 58, was named by Ontario Provincial Police in a news release after a Labour Day weekend incident on Woodway Trail in Simcoe […]
Loved ones mourn man, 26, killed in Labour Day canoe mishap
The 26-year-old Port Stanley man killed in a canoe mishap on a St. Thomas lake is being remembered as an animal lover and avid outdoorsman who put his friends and family first. Ryan Davies, a plumbing apprentice for a Kitchener-based contractor, died after the canoe he was in capsized on Lake Margaret on Labour Day. […]
Police again urge life-jacket use after St. Thomas drowning
Nobody in a canoe that capsized Monday in St. Thomas resulting in one man’s death was wearing life jackets, city police said.
No-swimming advisory lifted for Southampton Beach
A no-swimming advisory has been lifted for Southampton Beach. Grey Bruce Public Health announced on Tuesday that it had ended the advisory for the beach after receiving a new series of beach water samples that showed bacteria levels had returned to within Ministry of Health guidelines for safe swimming. The water was tested over the […]
With London Majors season over, big roster changes may loom
Franchise pillars Cleveland Brownlee and Byron Reichstein have been year-to-year for a while now. The absences of star pitcher Owen Boon and veteran infielder Keith Kandel, who stopped playing this season, were magnified after London was ravaged by key injuries down the stretch. The shorthanded Majors fell in a 3-0 Intercounty Baseball League second-round sweep […]
Port Stanley man identified as deceased canoeist pulled from lake
Emergency crews in St. Thomas have recovered the body of a man who went missing after a canoe capsized on Labour Day. St. Thomas police and firefighters responded Monday at about 8 a.m. to Lake Margaret, located in the city’s south end, after a canoe carrying three adults tipped over and only two of them […]
Colts down Attack 4-3 in Labour Day preseason opener
Beau Jelsma didn’t wait long to start terrorizing the Owen Sound Attack this year. A player who always seems to twist the knife when facing the Bears — though in fairness he’s productive against other competition as well — scored the game-winning goal in the third period as the Barrie Colts topped the Owen Sound […]
Baysox bats explode in winner-take-all game, Owen Sound to play for the NDBL championship
The Owen Sound Baysox are one series away from a championship. On Labour Day Monday, the ‘Sox won a winner-take-all Game 6 in New Lowell with a late offensive explosion, beating the Knights 12-0. After a scoreless first four innings, Owen Sound’s bats came alive. Kirk Gibson sparked the onslaught with a three-run home run […]
PHOTOS: Celebrating Labour Day in London
The London and District Labour Council held its annual Labour Day BBQ event at East Lions Park on Monday. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com