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Western University calls for weekend end to dug-in campus protest
Two months into a dug-in encampment on its campus, Western University has given pro-Palestinian protesters what appears to be an ultimatum to clear out by the end of the weekend. In a statement posted online, Western president Alan Shepard said the encampment that’s been in place since May 8 falls “well outside” the bounds of […]
London youth baseball league takes new step to screen out abusive parents
Trying to protect young umpires from verbal abuse by parents, a London kids baseball league is using screen-like banners at ballfields to obscure the view of home plate from the bleachers. The idea came from other Ontario leagues that have taken similar steps to prevent parents from yelling at umpires, many of whom are just […]
Storm warning: Weather watcher sounds alarm about ‘superheated’ Lake Erie
A weather watcher who monitors severe storms on Lake Erie is sounding the alarm on what he says is shaping up to be a potentially destructive year ahead on the lake that laps Southwestern Ontario.
Detective testifies widow ‘potential target’ after husband killed
ST. THOMAS â Once the police zeroed in on Boris Panovski as a main suspect, they turned their minds to making sure the widow of a man slain at a Huron County wildlife preserve was safe. During a long day of defence cross-examination, OPP Staff Sgt. Phil Hordijk, who was the lead investigator in the […]
London Knights land Finnish winger, Russian centre in import draft
Kasper Halttunenâs big scoring season with the London Knights is still paying off.
Attack hope to develop the two youngsters taken in CHL Import Draft
Two European hockey players are expected to call Owen Sound home for the next few years after being selected by the Attack in the 2024 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft on Wednesday. Owen Sound selected a defender from Germany and a winger from Russia in the draft, both players were born in 2007, and both […]
A Symbol of Survival: Red Pine Peels and Ojibwe Canoe Factories | Great Lakes Now
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.
What happened to Lois Hanna? Police renew call for answers in 1988 mystery
Thursday will mark 36 years since the July 4, 1988, disappearance of Lois Hanna
SPORTS BRIEFS: Major N’Stars fall to Six Nations
MAJOR N’STARS FALL TO SIX NATIONS The Owen Sound North Stars are still looking for their first Major Series Lacrosse league win this season after falling to the Six Nations Chiefs, 11-2, inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Saturday night. Tyler Brown and Jackson Webster scored goals for Owen Sound. Austin Staats (3), Shayne […]
London police officers threatened with knife during arrest
A man is in custody following a police investigation into a weekend robbery near downtown London, police say.