Junior Hockey London Free Press Sports

Q+A: Scorzy – one man, a quarter-century as the London Knights mascot

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He’s on the ice and in the stands at home games, playoff match-ups and special events, hyping up Knights fans and earning a solid following of his own. He’s Scorzy, the mascot of London’s beloved junior hockey team. The 41-year-old Domino’s Pizza franchise owner has been behind the mask of several Knights mascot costumes for […]

Owen Sound Sun Times

Honouring our Local Veterans ceremony brings family together

9 min read

West Coast artist Helen Downing-Hunter was just a newborn when the RAF Lancaster her father James Downing was piloting crashed in July 1944 while conducting nighttime air operations against Stuttgart, Germany, during the Second World War.  But now, some 80 years later, it is through her late father’s war heritage that she has reconnected with family in Owen […]

London Free Press

Nursing home set to abruptly close, forcing out residents: ‘Nowhere to go’

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A Southwestern Ontario retirement home where police say some residents were victims of fraud has announced it’s closing its doors in two weeks, leaving its residents’ futures uncertain. Miranda Guitard’s husband’s elderly grandmother is a resident at Trillium Norwich Retirement Home in Norwich, south of Woodstock. She received an email Saturday afternoon from staff alerting […]

Owen Sound Sun Times Sports

Firebirds scorch Bears in Flint

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Nathan Day made 37 stops for his first-career shutout as the Flint Firebirds handed the Owen Sound Attack their fifth-straight loss, 3-0 inside the Dort Financial Center Saturday night. The Owen Sound Attack (3-7-1-1) are sliding down the Western Conference standings while the Flint Firebirds improved to 6-5-0-1 early in the season. All of the […]

Owen Sound Sun Times

Tree dedicated in Owen Sound in honour of Sharif Rahman

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As a brisk autumn winds lashed the lone oak tree newly planted on the south lawn of the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre, its tawny-coloured leaves rustled and swayed vigorously, but remained attached.  It showed why the oak is a symbol of longevity, strength, stability, endurance and justice, and reinforced the decision to plant it in memory […]