Tag: Local News
City votes to tighten planned short-term rental bylaw
Owen Sound council limited short-term rentals to 90 nights a year during final deliberations on regulating these sometimes-problematic rentals Monday night. Coun. Melanie Middlebro’, vice-chair of the corporate services committee, pulled the STR recommendations from the committee’s minutes for council to consider separately, then she proposed capping the nights at 90 annually. “We want this […]
London homicide victim, accused killer were previously charged together
London’s latest homicide victim and the woman accused of killing him were charged together in the summer after police say they found two suspects in a vehicle containing stolen goods.
Veltman trial: On the day of the Afzaal killings, hours of mundane tasks
WINDSOR – They were fleeting images of Nathaniel Veltman doing what seemed mundane.
Pumpkinfest returns to Port Elgin this weekend
In 2020, three pumpkin growers joined forces to try and break the 2,000-pound mark at the Port Elgin Pumpkinfest. Chris Lyons along with Phil and Jane Hunt broke the Port Elgin site record with their 1,939.5-pound pumpkin but failed to tip the scales with a pumpkin weighing over a ton. It’s been a good year […]
31 hurt during Western University Homecoming bashes that drew crowd of 10K
The massive crowd that turned out to celebrate Western University’s Homecoming last weekend was well behaved during the day, but things took a turn as night fell, London police say.