Tag: Trail
Tenants already settling in as London affordable housing project opens
Residents of a new affordable housing project in the cityâs south end have already begun moving in.
Local conservation award helps future environmental champs
A local university student studied lemurs in Madagascar this summer and has tracked turtles on the Bruce Peninsula. Alex Adair, a 19-year-old from Owen Sound who’s in his second of four years studying wildlife biology and conservation at Guelph Univesity, this past summer went to Madagascar to join a research team led by Guelph University’s […]
Residents relieved as politicians vote to keep operating rural trailer park
Residents of a municipally run seasonal trailer park are breathing a temporary sigh of relief after politicians in their rural Elgin County community voted to keep operating it â at least for now.
Bluewater director of education retiring in summer
After close to 40 years with the local public education system, Bluewater District School Board Director of Education Lori Wilder is retiring. The Bluewater Board of Trustees accepted Wilder’s retirement letter in an in-camera session on Tuesday, before the announcement was shared at the regular meeting of the board and board staff were informed via […]
Thames Valley students will feel effects as more teaching jobs cut: Union
Thames Valley is eliminating the equivalent of 33 secondary teaching positions as it continues to wrestle with its mounting $16.5M deficit.
Break expected to do young Owen Sound Attack team well
For an Owen Sound Attack team that went through all the growing pains that come with having a young lineup, the holiday break has come at a welcome time. The team entered a span of 10 days off without game action on a three-game skid, including two straight shutout losses, and General Manager Dale DeGray […]
Trail Talk: Changing conditions on the trails
Some area trails are a mix of bare earth, wet spots and slushy snow
Volkswagen is shoring up suppliers for its St. Thomas electric vehicle battery plant, to operate under the PowerCo division, buying into a lithium mining company to feed the plant that will make elect
Raw material for lithium, mined in the James Bay area of Quebec, will start making its way to St. Thomas. Volkswagen is shoring up suppliers for its St. Thomas electric vehicle battery plant, to operate under the PowerCo division, buying into a lithium mining company to feed the plant that will make EV batteries, the […]
U.K. men who came to Southwestern Ontario for âcrime tourismâ deported
A Sarnia judge had a farewell message for a pair of U.K. men who, apparently unsuccessfully, tried scamming several local homeowners out of money with fraudulent cleaning and repair jobs while on a vacation in Canada. âGo home,â Justice Paul Kowalyshyn said Thursday in a Sarnia courtroom. âDonât let the door of the plane hit you […]
City council’s code of conduct: One politician, four probes in the past year
Here’s how city council’s code of conduct works, and who’s been in the spotlight.