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Attack top Colts in preseason home opener Wednesday
The Owen Sound Attack picked up their first preseason win on home ice Wednesday night, 4-2 over the Barrie Colts. Neither team brought a full complement of players with NHL camps underway, but Owen Sound’s young guns played with gumption, and goaltender Matthew Koprowski looked solid in net, making 30 saves for the win. The […]
I Speak for the Fish: A Sturgeon goes to Wisconsin and a Michigan muskie visits New York | Great Lakes Now
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Owen Sound Baysox can win NDBL title Saturday
The Owen Sound Baysox are one win away from turning a “dream season” into a championship reality. The Baysox can win the first Strother Cup and North Dufferin Baseball League title in league history with a win at the Rangers Park in Ivy Saturday after winning two games at home over the weekend. Owen Sound […]
Vehicles dazzle under the sun at Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance
The sun was shining on the more than 100 unique, exotic and rare vehicles at the 10th annual Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Sunday. And the vehicle that sparkled the most in the eyes of the judges at this year’s show was a one-of-a-kind 1947 Bentley Mk VI Coupe with a body made by renowned […]
Union backs Queen’s Park audit of Thames Valley school board after retreat scandal
The provincial audit of region’s largest school board in the wake of an executive travel controversy is a welcomed step that can help restore public faith in a critically important institution, one union leader says. Ontarioâs education minister announced a sweeping audit of the Thames Valley District school board executive operations after a three-day retreat […]
Baranyai: Public good questionable when farmland expropriated for industry
Expropriation is a drastic measure.
Western Mustangs lose first conference game since 2021 – to London-raised QB
WATERLOO â That wasnât anywhere close to good enough. The Western football team fumbled and bumbled their way through an awful first half before ultimately taking it on the chin 43-28 against fellow heavyweight Wilfrid Laurier before 2,943 Saturday at University Stadium. Kiss good-bye their national No. 1 ranking, the shot at a third straight […]
Concours d’Lemon turns heads in Owen Sound
It was a car show like no other on Saturday in Owen Sound, where bribing the judges was encouraged, and the prizes handed out included everything from pasta sauce and olives, to spam and potato chips. And in a display of just how backwards the Concours d’Lemons was, top prize went to the most mundane […]
London police board spent $104K on PR firm to sell high-spending budget
The London police board paid a prominent public relations firm more than $100,000 to help sell its controversial high-spending budget earlier this year, according to documents obtained by The Free Press. One city councillor called it âdisturbingâ to learn the board used taxpayersâ money to win support from the public and politicians for the $672-million, […]