Tag: season
N’Stars first season back in Senior A lacrosse loop ends in Peterborough
Peterborough’s attack proved too potent for the upstart Owen Sound North Stars. The Lakers swept the N’Stars in three games with a 15-6 win inside the Peterborough Memorial Centre Thursday night. With a Mann Cup in their sights, the Lakers will move on, while the North Stars will return home to lick their wounds and […]
London Knights sign Finnish forward chosen in import draft
The London Knights have added another NHL draft pick to their roster. The team announced Thursday it has signed Finnish left winger Jesse Nurmi, the club’s first selection in this month’s Canadian Hockey League import draft. Nurmi’s signing means the Knights could have two forwards from Finland on the ice next season. Kasper Halttunen, who […]
Swim advisory lifted at Kelso Beach, as triathlon preparation ramps up
A swim advisory at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park in Owen Sound has been lifted. Grey Bruce Public Health announced on Thursday that the advisory had been lifted after water samples taken at the beach earlier in the week showed bacterial levels had returned to within Ontario Ministry of Health guidelines for swimming/bathing. “Grey Bruce […]
Making up for lost trees | Great Lakes Now
The rain started more than an hour before we arrived at an acre of marginal farmland that’s wedged between a house on a nearby hill and Sharon Creek. A tributary of the Thames River, Sharon Creek is a waterway that wends 170 miles through southwestern Ontario before emptying into Lake.
Fundraising run in memory of Tyson Downs to raise money for genetic heart condition research
Balmy Beach brain cancer survivor Jesse Walker is running to raise money this summer in memory of his friend Tyson Downs and support of research into devastating genetic heart conditions. Downs died unexpectedly a year ago at age 18. The gifted athlete with plans to study civil engineering at Conestoga College played with the Owen […]