London Free Press

PHOTOS: Every dog has its day at Pawlooza

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Dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds took over the Plunkett Estate in west London on Saturday for Pawlooza, one of the biggest dog festivals in North America. The volunteer-run event was expected to draw an estimated 15,000 people and 6,000 canines. All proceeds went to ARF Ontario, a non-profit that works with First Nations […]

London Free Press

After 10 years behind bars, ex-dog trainer, 80, acquitted at murder re-trial

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ST. THOMAS – After a decade behind bars, Boris Panovski, freshly acquitted of murder, looked up to the sky on Friday afternoon. “My first day out and it’s raining,” 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 […]

London Free Press

Local city grabs land from small neighbour, but not nearly as much as it wanted

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After Norwich Township politicians voted to slash how much land it would cede to Woodstock in a boundary adjustment, the latter’s city council is on board – with one caveat. Woodstock politicians voted 6-1 in favour of Norwich’s alternative boundary adjustment proposal that would see the city swallow 43 hectares of its neighbour’s land, down from […]

Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

City’s new downtown cameras to be installed and operational by the end of September

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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, […]