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Analysis: As interest rates ease, variable rate mortgages regain appeal
Two interest rate cuts by the Bank of Canada, and the expectation more are looming, have started to make variable-rate mortgages more enticing for some homebuyers, including in London, industry watchers say.
Grey-Bruce university student the first recipient of Sharif Rahman scholarship
A University of Waterloo student completing a degree in mechanical engineering is the first recipient of the Sharifur Rahman Memorial Scholarship. Shaan Banday said he’s honoured to receive the first scholarship in memory of Sharif Rahman, an Owen Sound restauranteur and community leader who was assaulted outside his downtown Owen Sound restaurant and later died […]
Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing’s last class marking 50 years
A group of classmates who share a lifelong bond as the final class of the Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing are gathering together for a major milestone. Members of that 1974 class – the last for the hospital-based regional school and the first for the Georgian College Nursing Department – will descend on the […]
Workers start dismantling dangerous homeless encampment near rail line
An environmental cleanup company has begun dismantling a homeless encampment in Woodstock deemed a hazard because of its location near a rail line, a city official says. Woodstock was alerted âsome time agoâ by CN Rail police about an encampment at the end of Clarke Street South that created concern for the safety of people […]
South Bruce Grey Health Centre holding sessions in Chesley, Durham
The South Bruce Grey Health Centre will hold a pair of community engagement sessions to gather public input on the health care needs in the communities it serves. The sessions will be held on Monday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Durham Community Centre and on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. at the […]
Hockey’s here already: New boss arrives as GOJHL Jr. B pre-season games start
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League camps have kicked off and exhibition games have already started with the puck scheduled to drop on the 2024-25 campaign Sept. 11.
Summerfolk is a music festival embracing the joy of discovery
It’s a wet and swampy Saturday night at the Summerfolk Music Festival in the Scenic City — but the crowd is riding the wave. Whether in defiance of the atrocious weather or deference to it, the “folkies” in their tarp-covered lawn chairs push rain-matted hair out of their eyes and take in the show. Sporadic […]
Inquest may be called into Stratford shooting rampage
A deadly gunfire rampage in Stratford doesnât meet the criteria for a mandatory inquest, but the quadruple shooting may still be the subject of an in-depth public examination, a spokesperson for the coronerâs office says. Ricky Bilcke, 31, fatally shot Johnny Bennett, 36, and seriously injured Stephanie Irvine, 37, and David Tokley, 43, on Aug. […]
After 10 years behind bars, ex-dog trainer, 80, acquitted at murder re-trial
ST. THOMAS â After a decade behind bars, Boris Panovski, freshly acquitted of murder, looked up to the sky on Friday afternoon. âMy first day out and itâs raining,â he said happily before departing the Elgin County courthouse with defence lawyer Margaret Barnes to an uncertain future. The former bird dog trainer and hairstylist from […]
City’s new downtown cameras to be installed and operational by the end of September
In the days after Owen Sound business owner Sharif Rahman was assaulted outside his downtown restaurant last summer police released grainy images of two suspects and an early-2000s-model SUV. The caucasian men, both wearing what look to be black athletic shorts with one in a light orange T-shirt and one in a light blue T-shirt, […]