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Bystanders save woman from sinking car in Meaford harbour
People who rescued a woman from a car that was accidentally driven into Meaford Harbour were being widely praised for their heroic efforts. Kyle Gilas, a board member and former coach with Sail Georgian Bay, said Wednesday morning that the adrenaline was still high after the rescue that saw the woman pulled from the car […]
Owen Sound’s violent crime severity index two-thirds higher in 2023
Owen Sound’s violent crime severity index soared in 2023 over the year before. Unlike the conventional crime rate, the violent crime severity index is weighted, with more serious but less frequent offences, like first-degree murder, given a CSI rating 280 times greater than property theft, for instance. The city’s crime severity index was 123.41 in […]
Man acquitted in 2014 cellphone slaying sought in downtown shooting
A London man acquitted nine years ago in the shooting death of a Fanshawe College student trying to retrieve his stolen cellphone is one of three suspects sought in a downtown shooting last week that injured a man. Police were alerted by hospital officials around 5 a.m. on July 21 that a man had showed […]
83-year-old Londoner loving volunteer gig at Paris Olympics
An 83-year-old from London is volunteering at his second Olympics in Paris and planning his next trip to the Winter Games in Italy in 2026.
Alice Munro’s husband declined to address court after plea: Transcript
Alice Munro’s husband didn’t address the courtroom after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting the author’s daughter, a transcript shows