Tag: news release
Person forced into vehicle, assaulted, driven against their will: Police
A Tillsonburg resident is facing multiple charges after a person was forced into a vehicle, assaulted and driven against their will in St. Thomas, police say. According to a St. Thomas police news release, a 911 call was received just after 4:30 a.m. on Thursday regarding an individual forced into a vehicle and assaulted. Through […]
Markdale senior dies after crash in Brockton
A Markdale resident has died after a crash in Brockton on Wednesday morning. Just before 9 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a crash on Bruce Road 20 near Concession 2 northeast of Riversdale. Police found two passenger vehicles involved. Two patients were taken to hospital by ambulance, and a 76-year-old from Markdale […]
Jewish group speaks out amid probe into antisemitic graffiti at London school
An organization representing London’s Jewish community is thanking police for their swift action after an elementary school in the cityâs northwest was targeted with antisemitic graffiti for the second time in four months.
Doctor shortage will send some cancer patients out of Grey-Bruce
Some local cancer patients will temporarily have to leave Grey-Bruce for care due to an oncologist shortage, Brightshores Health System announced Tuesday. All cancer patients will continue to be referred to Brightshores as they are now and patients with new diagnoses of lung, colorectal and breast cancer will continue to be seen at Brightshores. “Patients […]
Gay Lea Foods negotiating to sell Hewitt’s Dairy Limited
It acquired the processor ten years ago but does not see it as a fit moving forward
Two dead in Walpole Island boat crash: OPP
Two people are dead after a weekend boat crash on the Walpole Island First Nation, provincial police say.
London doctor charged again with mischief involving MP’s office
A London doctor who returned this week to demonstrate at an MP’s office after a mischief charge against him over a 2023 protest at the office was withdrawn faces a second mischief charge. Tarek Loubani, 43, is one of two Londoners charged after ketchup was sprayed on the constituency office of London North Centre Liberal […]
Local apple growers getting help to improve their orchards
For one apple-growing family in Ayton, money from a government program to help farmers grow more popular and resilient fruit varieties will help a lot. Filsinger’s Organic Ltd. in Ayton is getting up to $50,000 to help pull out three or four acres of less productive and higher maintenance standard-sized McIntosh apple trees for more […]
Christmas Store for CMHA clients needs donations of presents
People supported by the Canadian Mental Health Association will have an opportunity to go Christmas shopping at a unique holiday store on Dec. 4. It’s not really a store and items displayed on tables will have no price tags, but shoppers are invited to select items they’d like to give to loved ones. Someone will […]
Ontario announces a dozen new EV charging stations in Grey-Bruce
The Ontario government has announced it will build a dozen new electric vehicle charging stations in areas of Grey and Bruce counties. On Tuesday, Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers issued a news release announcing the 12 new EV charging stations in his riding. The new chargers, part of the government’s $63-million EV ChargeON Program Community […]