Tag: Simcoe
Groups looking for people to give their time to help in community
Maybe you’ve got some time to spare and want to make a difference but you don’t know how. A volunteer fair held in the public library auditorium in downtown Owen Sound Wednesday featured a variety of groups whose representatives were eager to explain the ways they rely on volunteers. Miriam Dupuis, who organizes volunteers at Bruce […]
Small-town drug dealer gets five years in prison over $30K in cocaine, fentanyl
A Tillsonburg drug dealer who was on both probation and government disability payments when he was arrested two years ago with $30,000 worth of cocaine and fentanyl is now clean and wants to get back on track.
Investigators eye cellphone charger as source of $500,000 house fire
A fire that did an estimated $500,000 damage to a rural Southwestern Ontario home was possibly started due to a cellphone charger and “associated wiring,” a local fire official said.
‘Devoted’ mom of 5 mourned after fatal motorcycle crash followed by attack
An online fundraiser has been launched to support the family of a mother-of-five who was killed in a Southwestern Ontario motorcycle crash, which was followed by a bizarre melee that’s resulted in attempted murder charges against one man
Hail, torrential rain, then a funnel cloud: Festival goers transfixed
Hail, torrential rain and a funnel cloud over Brantford were all part of a sudden change in weather Saturday night. After a brief hail- and rainstorm disrupted the Grand River Arts Festival on the grounds of Glenhyrst Art Gallery around suppertime Saturday, Brantfordâs Bob Yuhasz saw a group of people looking skyward. âI thought, âOh, […]