Tag: Labour
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
Members praise unions at Labour Day parade in Port Elgin
Union solidarity was expressed by the marching feet of an estimated 1,500 people at the annual Labour Day parade in Port Elgin Monday. People watched from the sidewalks on main street under sunny skies on a cool, fall-like morning. Many were family of the estimated two-thirds of parade participants who were local. “They always have our […]
Pearson: Work evolves but its value the same
Labour Day is ultimately about the necessity of a productive people to build a better world.
Agriculture exempted from federal TFW program changes
Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada says temporary foreign workers vital to fruit and vegetable sector.
Baysox force a winner-moves-on Game 6 with last-inning dramatics
The Owen Sound Baysox and New Lowell Knights will go the distance in their North Dufferin Baseball League semifinal series. Down 3-2 in the last-chance-bottom-of-the-seventh-inning, Owen Sound speedster Robert Doyle stood on third base and broke for home as soon as he saw Nick Hodgson’s breaking ball bounce in front of home plate. Doyle called […]