Tag: youth
Youth horticulture club launches season at botanical food gardens
The For Our Youth (FOY) club gathered on April 26 for a chilly but productive meeting at one of our favourite locations — the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG). We saw some familiar faces at the March Break Ripley and District Horticultural Society meeting, but stormy winter weather prevented us from getting together in February, […]
5th Annual Lures N Lines Spring Trout Derby underway
A total of 55 fish were weighed during the opening weekend of the fifth annual Lures N Lines Spring Trout Derby. Last year’s event saw approximately 650 anglers hit the water over 10 days, raising $8,250 for the Bruce Peninsula Sportsmen’s Association’s hatchery repairs and upgrades. Proceeds from this year’s event will help rebuild the […]
Olympic gold medalist holds clinic with Owen Sound swimmers
The Owen Sound Aquatic Club’s young swimmers received some coaching and guidance from a decorated Canadian swimming icon on the weekend. Three-time Olympic medallist Maggie Mac Neil joined club members at the Family Y pool at the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre for a pair of training sessions on Saturday. The sessions were followed by […]
Ex-cop abused position of power to sexually exploit teen, lawsuit alleges
A former St. Thomas police officer abused his position of authority to engage in a sexual relationship with a teen girl and wore his uniform during some of their sexual encounters, according to a new lawsuit. A 25-year-old St. Thomas woman, who alleges she was 15 when she started a sexual relationship with then-Const. Garry […]
It’s time for London to tune up its bona fides as a music city. But how?
The numbers didn’t add up for Graham Henderson. Toronto had four million people and a music economy of $500 million a year. Austin, Texas had a fifth of the people, 800,000, and three times the music economy, $1.5 billion a year. As president of Music Canada at the time, Henderson set out to figure out […]