Small town opens shelter as rural homelessness concerns deepen

An Elgin County housing coalition is preparing to open the area’s first emergency homeless shelter, a sign of deepening rural homelessness. The Homelessness Coalition of West Elgin and Dutton Dunwich — home to a combined population of nearly 9,000 — is set to open the emergency shelter at St. Mary Parish in West Lorne on Friday night. “I’m so happy […]

Local U-13 teams are both Silver Stick champions

The Kincardine Regional Silver Stick tournament ran for three days from February 11-13 between Tiverton, Kincardine and Ripley arenas, after being cancelled in January due to Covid. The four local U-15 and U-13 teams all made it to the finals, however the two U-15 teams lost in the final game while both U-13 teams won […]