Tag: women
Londoner Alysha Newman pumped as she prepares for third Olympics
Alysha Newman almost always flies high in France.
Bruce County Memories – Olympic gold medallist settled in Teeswater
When Teeswater became home to “the world’s first great woman swimmer” you’d think she might talk about her past life. Yet she shrugged off her accomplishments. Her daughter Betty Smith said, “She was so modest, and if her career was discussed, she’d say, ‘Oh, that was a long time ago and I did it because […]
Canada Day celebrations include activities, nod to Indigenous Peoples
Canada Day events are talking place in the Owen Sound area over the coming days, while Meaford will be celebrating Canada’s 157th birthday and its own 150th together. The four-day, free Sound Waterfront Festival this weekend in Owen Sound will be capped with Canada Day celebrations on Monday, July 1. Canada Day window flags for […]
Friends express pride, grief, regret at memorial for slain London woman
A London woman who died on the weekend was remembered Tuesday by friends as someone who was caring and whose life was going in the right direction after living on the streets for years. Dozens of people attended the memorial for Cheryl Sheldon on Tuesday night at the Central Branch of the London Public Library. […]
New book from Goderich great-grandmother was 50 years in the making
GODERICH – Half a century in the making, Goderich resident Sally Walker’s novel, 101, is based on a time in her life when she found herself overwhelmed in a new teaching job. Walker started the outline for 101 about 50 years ago, wanting to describe what life was like in the 1960s and 1970s for […]