Tag: Local News
Community responds with compassion as funeral for slain restaurant owner held in Owen Sound
For the second time this week, hundreds of people walked silently through downtown Owen Sound Sunday night in a show of solidarity and commemoration of a business owner who died following a serious assault outside of his restaurant. The crowd joined together at Owen Sound city hall just before 8 p.m., some holding candles, lanterns […]
Hopeville Kite Festival creates spectacle in the sky over Southgate
Sunday drivers on Grey Road 9 near Hopeville enjoyed a spectacle in the sky as squid, whales, beavers and countless kites dotted the blue cloud-filled scene high above a farmer’s field. The two-day Hopeville Kite Festival returned the Grey County over the weekend and featured over 20 kite-fliers from across the country and beyond who […]
Ruck 2 Remember returns to the peninsula in support of veterans
Carrying at least 25 pounds on their backs, men and women “rucked” from starting points in Kincardine and Meaford to Wiarton over two days – – and that might be the easy part. The Ruck 2 Remember organizers said they kicked this year’s annual event on the peninsula “up to 11” to celebrate 10 years […]
Family dispute in Hanover leads to shooting and attempted murder charge
A family dispute led to a close-range shooting with a flare gun in Hanover Friday morning, according to police. According to a police media release, a shooting occurred just after 10:15 a.m. at the 200 block of 9th Street in Hanover. Investigators determined that an ongoing dispute between family members resulted in a 72-year-old male […]
Tense arrest of armed, cornered drug dealer haunts OPP officer
Mike Chevers has spent about a decade hunting down Ontario’s most dangerous and wanted criminals.