Tag: Local News
PHOTOS: Airshow London’s 2023 edition
Airshow London returned to the skies above the city this weekend. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan: druttan@postmedia.com
In first half of 2023, London building permits plummet by value of $220M
The number of building permits issued by London city hall in the first half of 2023 is down 15 per cent from the same period the year before, a more than $220-million drop in construction value one observer says is largely the result of interest rate uncertainty. City hall staff had issued 1,816 permits with […]
Crime Report: Masked man attacks woman; taxi hits pedestrian
A collection of police alerts from London and across Southwestern Ontario Masked suspect sought in south London assault Investigators are searching for a masked suspect London police say assaulted a 22-year-old woman at her south-end home Friday evening. London police said a woman was returning home near Bond and Beverley streets, close to the Chelsea […]
Owen Sound fair welcomes people back in pre-pandemic numbers
People turned out for the 171st Owen Sound Fall Fair this weekend at pre-pandemic levels, and that was without a midway or carnival games. Those popular attractions weren’t available this weekend for hire and even if they were, the cost was prohibitive for the Owen Sound Agricultural Society. But about 4,000 people came through the […]
Scarlet-clad Mounties turn heads during Owen Sound stop
Spectators turned out for a slice of Canadiana when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police rode into town this weekend. About 20 Mounties wearing scarlet coats, tall black riding boots and pecan-coloured Stetsons astride black horses created a spectacle even before their entry into the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre arena Saturday. People were stopping their cars […]