Judge reserves in Saugeen’s claim to beach at Sauble

Final arguments ended Thursday in a 32-year-old legal dispute over ownership of part of the beach at Sauble Beach, a tourist destination the local municipality wants to keep. Superior Court Justice Susan Vella reserved her decision and no return date was set. The Toronto hearing  was broadcast on YouTube this week. Saugeen First Nation, which […]

Three-year sentence for criminal negligence in addict’s death

A woman was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing death for administering a drug to a woman she was trying to help break from her heroin addiction. Jessica Leigh Morrison, 45, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound on Feb. 16 to administering ibogaine […]

Guilty pleas in fatal tractor incident; judge to sentence in March

A dispute over a farm wagon between former friends ended when one drove over the other with a tractor, killing him, a Walkerton court heard Wednesday. Ronald Oscar Seifried, 60, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice to dangerous driving causing death, and to the criminal offence of failing to remain and offer assistance, […]