Tag: Local News

COVID-19 outbreaks reported at retirement homes in Ripley, Owen Sound

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported a couple of COVID-19 outbreaks at local retirement homes over the weekend. The health unit announced an outbreak at Central Place Retirement Home in Owen Sound on Sunday, while one was declared at R-Villa Retirement Home in Ripley on Saturday. Outbreaks also continue at Kelso Pines Retirement Home in […]

Camp Presqu’ile preparing to welcome campers back in 2022

Camp Presqu’ile, shuttered for the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to welcome campers back this summer. And when it does reopen, there will be a new face leading operations at the camp in Georgian Bluffs as Megan “Scotia” Hutton recently took on the role of camp director. “I am very […]

Busy big-box stores reopened after bomb threat: London police

Several big box stores at an east London mall were forced to close for hours Sunday amid a large police investigation into a late-morning bomb threat. There was a heavy police presence at Argyle Mall on Dundas Street, where police had cordoned off a large section of the parking lot and surrounded part of the […]

Owen Sound co-workers preparing for life-saving liver transplant

When Cory Fernando learned from friend and co-worker Jason Helm that his liver was failing and a transplant would be required, there were never any second thoughts about what she wanted to do. On Wednesday, Fernando will be at Toronto General Hospital along with Helm where she will donate a portion of her liver to […]