Tag: school
Reunion for 1954 Ryerson kindergarten gang Sept. 3
A 70th anniversary gathering is planned for Ryerson Public School’s 1954 kindergarten alumni in Owen Sound on Tuesday, Sept. 3. John Christie, one of the reunion organizers, said he hopes as many classmates from that year, and students who became part of that group in later years at Ryerson, from 1954 to 1963, will be […]
Hamilton takes stranglehold in series, Owen Sound faces elimination
If they’re going down, it will be while hitting, kicking and screaming. The Owen Sound North Stars dropped Game 2 of their first-round best-of-five Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League playoff series 10-4 to the Hamilton Bengals inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Sunday evening. In large part, because of the over 70 minutes in […]
Celebrity chef with long resume opens Southwestern Ontario eatery
Award-winning chef Shane Straiko recently opened his first restaurant, Straiko’s by the Lake, in Port Burwell
Vigil held for London teen killed two days after high school graduation
More than a dozen people held a vigil Saturday night to mourn an 18-year-old Londoner who graduated high school only two days before being killed, with grieving friends remembering him as a friendly and energetic young man. Abdul Hashim, known to his friends as âZeko,â died Friday night after he was stabbed in the parking […]
One dead after motorcycle strikes tree west of London: Police
One person is dead after an early Sunday motorcycle crash west of London, provincial police say. The crash happened about 2:45 a.m. in the area of Longwoods Road near Sassafras Road, about half way between London and Chatham, Middlesex OPP said. The crash involved a motorcycle that caught fire after leaving the roadway and striking […]
Billy Bishop Museum to host ceremony for honoured local veterans
The Billy Bishop Museum is hosting a plaque return ceremony for the 2023 Honouring Our Local Veterans inductees. On Wednesday at 4 p.m., the honoured veterans and their families will receive the plaques that have been touring the community since the induction ceremony on Oct. 29, 2023. The plaques have made stops at Heritage Place […]
Baranyai: Time to act against social media harms, even imperfectly
We don’t have conclusive proof social media is dangerous to kids, but as Murthy emphasizes, we also don’t have reliable evidence it’s safe.
Paulgaard: Local stories, told with integrity, should matter to us all
In small town Alberta where I grew up, it was common to see headlines such as The case of the cow in the second-storey window and Coyote captured in town in the local paper.
Grey Roots and YMCA celebrate diversity and the journey to Canada
Dozens of people from all around the world celebrated cultural diversity right here in Grey-Bruce on Saturday. The YMCA of Owen Sound and Grey Bruce partnered with Grey Roots Museum and Archives to present this year’s multicultural celebration. “The journey to Canada, the choices to made to come here. It’s cool to see these artifacts […]
Man sentenced to prison for manslaughter, but out on appeal
BRANTFORD â Connor Gibson has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for manslaughter in the death of a man he hit with a two-by-four board. But Gibson, dressed neatly in a suit and tie in Brantfordâs Superior Court of Justice, and his lawyer met again hours later on Thursday in Toronto to arrange bail, […]