Tag: north
Hail, torrential rain, then a funnel cloud: Festival goers transfixed
Hail, torrential rain and a funnel cloud over Brantford were all part of a sudden change in weather Saturday night. After a brief hail- and rainstorm disrupted the Grand River Arts Festival on the grounds of Glenhyrst Art Gallery around suppertime Saturday, Brantfordâs Bob Yuhasz saw a group of people looking skyward. âI thought, âOh, […]
Strategy helps duo win local Amazing Race Sunday
It takes teamwork to win The Amazing Race Bruce Grey. That’s how Manny Bonilla of Grimsby and teammate Gil Broza or Toronto took on a particularly tough task and beat nine other teams of two at fun challenges across Grey-Bruce. They built a fire, shot pool, played nine rounds of Frisbee golf, tried orienteering […]
Attack edge Battalion 3-2 in preseason finale
The dress rehearsal is over. The Owen Sound Attack will play for real on Friday in Guelph. In their preseason finale Sunday afternoon, Owen Sound scored two unanswered goals in the third period to beat the North Bay Battalion 3-2 inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Overage defender Taos Jordan scored the game-winning goal […]
Owen Sound Baysox win NDBL’s Strother Cup
The Owen Sound Baysox brought baseball back to the Scenic City three years ago. On Saturday, they became champions. The North Dufferin Baseball League’s Strother Cup is heading to Owen Sound for the first time in the trophy’s nearly 100-year-old history. Soon the Baysox name will be etched into the cup’s base as the league’s […]
Motorcyclist dies in hospital after south London crash
A motorcyclist has died in hospital after a Friday afternoon crash in the city’s southwest end, London police say. The male driver of a motorcycle was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries at about 1:30 p.m. Friday after a crash involving another vehicle at the intersection of Colonel Talbot Road and Southminster Bourne, police said. […]
The Big Pour: A London concrete job like few others
Enough concrete for the foundations of 125 single-family homes will be poured in one massive job Saturday for a new London apartment tower.
Great Lakes Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework expanding to improve regional management of invasive Phragmites – Great Lakes Commission
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF) is initiating the first cycle of a new program that will improve Phragmites management across
Teens charged in London store robbery, assault: Police
Four teens charged in London store robbery and assault Four London teenagers are charged after a north London store was robbed and an employee assaulted, police say. Four teenagers entered the undisclosed business on Adelaide Street North near Cheapside St. just before 7 p.m. Wednesday. Property was stolen and the employee assaulted before the teens […]
Owen Riegling, Linsey Beckett win Canadian country music awards
A pair of Grey-Bruce artists have won big at the Canadian Country Music Association awards. Rising country music star Owen Riegling of Mildmay was named both the Songwriter of the Year and Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year, while Linsey Beckett who grew up near Kemble, was named Fiddle Player of the Year. Not […]
SPORTS BRIEFS: Local LAX stars at Worlds
LOCAL LAX STARS AT WORLDS Port Elgin’s Ian MacKay and Flesherton’s Tori Verbeek will join Team Canada at the World Lacrosse Box Championships, set to take place from September 20 to 29 in Utica, New York. Verbeek joins Team Canada for the first-ever women’s box lacrosse championship. She is a graduate student at St. Lawrence […]