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PYETTE: London Knights’ hockey factory hums again for 55th straight NHL draft
The numbers donât lie. The London Knights produced another two NHL first-round picks in Sam Dickinson (Sharks) and Sam OâReilly (Oilers). They had four players picked this weekend in Vegas â including Jared Woolley (sixth round, 164th overall to the Kings) and William Nicholl (seventh round, 196th overall to the Oilers). That makes a world-leading […]
Waterfront festival draws families for afternoon fun
Owen Sound’s waterfront festival Saturday was all about kids. They played on the beach and in the bay, built tall wooden Jenga towers, ran races, climbed into a fire truck and a police cruiser. There were dogs running obstacle courses to watch, a roaming, 7’ 4’’ woman to hug, candy floss to eat […]
Sims: Woman killed in hit-and-run had found refuge at St. Thomas cafe
During the coming days, the Grace Café in St. Thomas will have Carissa Georgeâs photo on their front coffee counter, so the people who knew her can pay their respects.
Trail Talk: The butterflies of Huron County
Columnist Patrick Capper is part of the Butterflies In My Back Yard project
Grey County to look at Owen Sound’s court security cost issue
The door hasn’t yet been fully opened, but Grey County council has at least agreed to take a peek at Owen Sound’s calls to have court security costs funded regionally. At its meeting on Thursday, Grey County councillors agreed to receive a staff report summarizing the issue of court security and prisoner transportation costs for […]
Detective outlines how Boris Panovski became suspect in fatal shooting
ST. THOMAS â A man had been shot to death in a Huron County wildlife area and all the OPP investigators initially had was one traumatized, wounded eye-witness and three other field dog hobbyists, and not much else.
Testy exchanges, walkout as city’s cost-cutting committee begins work
A proposal to cut two popular community grants programs as a tax-saving measure led to some testy exchanges between councillors and frustration from community groups that werenât allowed to be part of the debate.
Friends express pride, grief, regret at memorial for slain London woman
A London woman who died on the weekend was remembered Tuesday by friends as someone who was caring and whose life was going in the right direction after living on the streets for years. Dozens of people attended the memorial for Cheryl Sheldon on Tuesday night at the Central Branch of the London Public Library. […]
Temporary overdose prevention sites eyed in Oxford, Elgin
With approval of supervised drug use sites paused by the provincial government, an area health unitâs top doctor is exploring alternative options to address an increase in opioid-related deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Widow bristles at lawyer’s questions about texts, car sketch
The widow of a Toronto-area businessperson who was fatally shot lashed out at the lawyer representing the man accused of killing him in 2014