Tag: Thanksgiving
OSHaRE serves hundreds of meals over Thanksgiving weekend
Thanksgiving Monday is often the time to either sleep off the turkey-induced tryptophan tiredness or walk off the third helping of pumpkin pie. Inside OSHaRE’s 3rd Avenue East headquarters, a group of dedicated volunteers were busy preparing meals for hundreds of community members. “We had 346 people on Friday, and about 286 on Saturday, so […]
Inside the London Food Bank’s Thanksgiving drive collection efforts
As volunteers and officials for the London Food Bank made their rounds across the city on the final weekend of the Thanksgiving collection drive, London Free Press reporter Beatriz Baleeiro rode along to see how the pick-up process works. How does the food collection work? The Thanksgiving drive, one of the London Food Bank’s largest […]
Owen Sound Attack turn up the heat on Thanksgiving weekend
It’s early, but the Owen Sound Attack are starting to look like the real deal. Happy Thanksgiving, Grey-Bruce hockey fans. They’ve got the league’s best goaltender, which was expected coming into the season. Not to mention Matthew Koprowski and Trenten Bennett, the latter of whom backstopped Owen Sound to a 5-3 win over the North […]
Hundreds take part in Thornbury Turkey Trot Saturday morning
Over 700 runners gobbled up the kilometres as part of the Rotary Club of Thornbury-Clarksburg’s annual Thornbury Turkey Trot on Saturday morning. The sun peeked out behind the clouds just in time for the start of the Kids’ Fun Race, a short course that featured another 300 “chick” runners. “Spectators, make sure you’re behind the […]
Pearson: We must examine the decline in gratitude
Every October, Canadians gather around the meal tables, but beneath the warmth of the holiday, something essential has eroded quietly.