Tag: Local News
Shore to Shore race a tradition for locals and cottagers since 1953
You could say Ethan Kruisselbrink celebrated the Civic holiday Monday the hard way. Facing headwinds and rain in his face, he finished first in the 13-kilometre Shore to Shore race along hilly roads from Oliphant on the Lake Huron shoreline to Wiarton on the shores of Georgian Bay in a time of 45:20.7. The event […]
11 charges after driver tries to annoy homeless camp, run down people
Court records show a 62-year-old man is facing 11 charges in connection with a bizarre incident in which police say an impaired driver struck a pedestrian and tried to mow down several others while trying to annoy a homeless encampment. Sarnia police did not identify the accused. But court documents show Kevin Burrage of Sarnia […]
Families ache, high school reels after crash that killed two teenagers
The grieving mother of a 16-year-old killed in a single-vehicle rollover along a rural road near Woodstock is having a wooden cross carved in her son’s honour. The parents of an 18-year-old girl killed in the same crash want people to know she was a light that can never be replaced. And parents of one […]
Without a midway, Wiarton Rotary plans to reinvent its Civic weekend
Wiarton’s Rotary Club threw birthday bash Sunday marking its 85th anniversary afternoon and everyone was invited. The free event included a barbecue, inflatable slide and lawn games, Petunia the Clown and more in Bluewater Park, the same space the cancelled Rotary Village Fair has used for generations. Kids painted and played with golf ball-sized robots […]
Regional unemployment rate declines amid net job loss
The unemployment rate in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 4.3 per cent in July but there was a net loss of 700 jobs, Statistics Canada figures show. The provincial unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage points to 5.9%. Both rates are unadjusted for seasonality, a monthly bulletin from the […]