Tag: May
Local athletes win big at 2024 Spring Provincial Games
GODERICH – Two local athletes returned home as champions after taking part in the Special Olympics Ontario Spring Provincial Games this year in Waterloo. Paige Manger of the Goderich Seahorses and Callum MacDonald, who swims with the Seahorses as well as the Sarnia Dolphins, were competitors at this year’s games in Waterloo, which were held […]
Provincial funding will help homeless move into permanent housing
A local program that temporarily houses and prepares homeless people to live independently is now provincially funded. “It’s a huge commitment from Ontario Health for Grey-Bruce,” said Stephen Musehl, CEO of Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce. The Ontario government agency has committed $853,600 annualized funding for the program. “We’ve all seen the opioid crisis, […]
The YMCA to kick-off Drowning Prevention Week with free swim and other family fun events Sunday
The YMCA of Owen Sound and Grey Bruce is kicking off Drowning Prevention Week with a free family-friendly event on Sunday. From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the YMCA Health, Fitness and Aquatics 10th Street facility, several organizations will gather to raise awareness and educate the community on the importance of water safety, all […]
Ship doomed on Lake Michigan now moored on National Register of Historic Places | Great Lakes Now
This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.
By Eric Freedman, Great Lakes Echo
A Detroit-built sailing ship that sank in Lake Michigan during an 1864 storm has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The three-masted Mojave, only 1 year old at the time, went down in heavy weather while northbound on the route from Chicago to Buffalo with a load of grain.
The North Stars hope to keep the good times rolling as playoffs begin Thursday
It will be a homecoming of sorts when Adam Jones walks into the Peterborough Memorial Centre Thursday night alongside his North Stars to take on the Lakers in Owen Sound’s return to Major Series Lacrosse postseason action. Jones played in three Mann Cup tournaments with the Lakers and helped the storied Senior A lacrosse franchise […]