Tag: local
Grey Roots and YMCA celebrate diversity and the journey to Canada
Dozens of people from all around the world celebrated cultural diversity right here in Grey-Bruce on Saturday. The YMCA of Owen Sound and Grey Bruce partnered with Grey Roots Museum and Archives to present this year’s multicultural celebration. “The journey to Canada, the choices to made to come here. It’s cool to see these artifacts […]
Man sentenced to prison for manslaughter, but out on appeal
BRANTFORD â Connor Gibson has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for manslaughter in the death of a man he hit with a two-by-four board. But Gibson, dressed neatly in a suit and tie in Brantfordâs Superior Court of Justice, and his lawyer met again hours later on Thursday in Toronto to arrange bail, […]
10 per cent cut to city councillors’ expense limit proposed: ‘Small savings’
Here’s something you don’t see every day â a politician looking for their expense limit to be cut. That’s a suggestion being lofted by Ward 11 Coun. Elizabeth Peloza for a Monday committee meeting, to shave 10 per cent or $1,500 off of the $15,000 limit for council’s regular constituency expenses. City councillors are entitled […]
Brews News: Summer beers abound
Sessionable, crushable, lawnmower beer, dock beer. Breweries have lots of descriptions for the thirst-quenching brews of summer.
Pearson: Volunteering act of defiance against darkening age
This city’s volunteers and the organizations they assist define London’s endless search for fairness, opportunity, prosperity, and inclusion
Two London-region beaches flagged for high bacteria levels
If youâre thinking of heading to a Southwestern Ontario beach this weekend to escape the heat, double-check before you dip. Two popular Lake Erie beaches in the region â Little Beach at Port Stanley and Port Burwell Provincial Park â have been flagged by public health officials after weekly tests detected high levels of E. […]
Conservatives, London doctor spar over safe supply comments
The federal Conservatives are calling for a London doctor’s medical licence to be revoked and have accused her of lying about safer opioid supply.
London cannabis company Indiva granted creditor protection
A London-based cannabis company has been granted creditor protection and plans to sell the business amid wide-spread turmoil in the marijuana industry.
Driver who struck Girl Guides addresses families: ‘Truly sorry’
A woman who was driving an SUV that struck a Girl Guides troop apologized to the families at her sentencing hearing Friday