Tag: local
Firebirds scorch Bears in Flint
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 Little Theatre opens 2024-25 season with The Prom
The director of Owen Sound Little Theatre’s opening production of its 2024-25 season hopes everyone who sees it rethinks what they consider to be normal. The Prom, which opens at the Roxy Theatre on Nov. 14, is a musical with tonnes of humour and great music, but Corry Lapointe said the love story being told […]
Tree dedicated in Owen Sound in honour of Sharif Rahman
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 […]
OUA football playoffs: Western Mustangs 46, McMaster Marauders 10
The Western Mustangs beat the McMaster Marauders 46-10 in Ontario University Athletics football playoffs on Saturday at Alumni Stadium, punching their ticket to face the Guelph Gryphons at home on Nov. 2. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
LFP ARCHIVES: A ghostly Grand Theatre legend
In the spirit of the Halloween season, we’re reflecting on what’s arguably London’s most notorious ghostly legend â that the Grand Theatre is haunted by its original owner, Ambrose Small. This story was first published in the Oct. 30, 2009 editions of The London Free Press The ghostly gossip surrounding the Grand Theatre isn’t going […]
Amid latest London jail death, inquest into seven previous fatalities sputters
Even as another fatality at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre was reported Friday, the province launched a legal battle that threatens to derail the inquest into the deaths of seven other men. The Ministry of the Solicitor General wants to curb the inquest’s examination of staffing levels, family supports and programming at EMDC, and in those efforts, […]
Brews news: Regional brewers win awards
If youâre in London and have time to visit just one craft brewery, the choice is clear, at least if you want to taste award-winning beers fresh in the taproom.
Pearson: Single act of defiance saved the world
It was 62 years ago this month when I looked out our kitchen window in Calgary to see our neighbour operating a backhoe, digging a hole in his backyard.
Oudshoorn: Poverty, addiction, mental illness not causes of homelessness, success is
Visible homelessness persists at crisis levels within London.