Tag: Provincial
Trail Talk: Looking back on an eventful week
From helping turtles across the road to an attempted backpack theft
Man charged with impaired driving after police called to vehicle fire
An Aylmer man is facing impaired driving charges after officers responded to a call involving a vehicle on fire, provincial police say. Middlesex OPP and the Thames Centre fire department responded about 5:30 p.m. on June 13 to a location on Putnam Road in Thames Centre, east of London, after receiving reports of a vehicle […]
Fog lifting on hefty income increases for London-area school board brass
Some answers are in, but questions are still swirling about hefty increases in income paid out by the two big London-area school boards â both, running budget deficits â to some senior brass last year. At the Thames Valley District school board, payments to 17 senior leaders and superintendents rose by double-digit percentage amounts in […]
Bequest by Elwood Moore estate to inspire conservation among youth
A bequest from the estate of Elwood Moore will ensure his commitment to conservation and environmental education in Grey and Bruce counties inspires others to do the same. The Grey Sauble Conservation Foundation recently announced the bequest, which will support its Environmental Awareness and Education Fund, reflecting Moore’s passion for educating individuals of all ages […]
Six of nine candidates attend first BGOS candidates’ meeting
Thursday’s all-candidates’ meeting at Harmony Centre in downtown Owen Sound provided a glimpse of six of the nine candidates running provincially in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. There were two experienced politicians — Liberal Selwyn Hicks, a lawyer and three-time Grey County warden who’s on temporary leave, and Green candidate Danielle Valiquette, a Grey Highlands councillor and farmer, […]