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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 […]
Billy Bishop Museum fundraising trivia night set for Friday
Put your knowledge to the test while raising money for the Billy Bishop Museum on Friday night. The Owen Sound museum and national historic site’s 2024 October Trivia Night Fundraising Event is at the Owen Sound Legion beginning at 6 p.m. with the first question at 7 p.m. The trivia night is an event for […]
Blue Mountain Resort upgrades snowmaking infrastructure
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Blue Mountain Resort doesn’t hibernate over the winter, instead, it upgrades the snowmaking components on its hill so that even when the weather doesn’t play ball those looking to ski or snowboard will have somewhere to go. The ski hill west of Collingwood announced it recently […]
Field naturalists begin 40th season with strong membership, hard truths
The Huron Fringe Field Naturalists (HFFN) launched their 40th season of meetings, speakers and outings Sept. 24 at the Point Clark Community Centre. The club has enjoyed strong membership in recent years and welcomed a dozen new members that evening. President Christine Roberts encouraged newcomers to take full advantage of learning and activity opportunities. Prior to […]
River District commercial vacancy rate notches down
Owen Sound’s River District commercial business vacancy rate sits at nine per cent, a three-point drop since 2021. “I think we are making strides forward,” said Viveca Gravel, the co-ordinator of the River District said in an interview about the vacancy rate, which was included in a recent report she gave to the River District […]
Q+A: New OHL commissioner Bryan Crawford on his debut season, so far
LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette spoke with new OHL boss Bryan Crawford about the early impressions of his first season at the helm.
In search for missing London women, volunteer group set to scour city park
An organization searching for two missing Londoners plans to scour a park near the Thames River this weekend. If the search Oct. 5 and 6 at Cavendish park doesn’t provide physical evidence, the continuing efforts to find out what happened to Kathryn Bordato and Shelley Desrochers might at least prompt someone to come forward with […]
Modellers reignite railroading passion in Owen Sound at inaugural CWHC show
A deep love for the twists and turns of railroad history and railcar modelling was displayed at the Owen Sound Legion on Saturday. The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre’s first-ever model show and sale for railway modellers and enthusiasts invited hundreds of people through the doors of the legion with over 50 vendor tables to visit […]
Customers weigh in on London’s newly opened Asian grocer T&T Supermarket
T&T Supermarket opened its newest location in London Friday morning, with hundreds standing in line for the Asian grocery store’s doors to be unlocked at 9 a.m.
In Michigan, Donald Trump making two stops today. Watch them live | Bridge Michigan
The former president campaigned in Walker and is making a separate appearance in Warren, making his 10th visit to the battleground state this year. Ahead of the visit, the UAW pushed back against his rhetoric about electric vehicles….