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Barlow wins bronze with Canada at U18 World Championship

Colby Barlow and the Canadian men’s under-18 team earned a bronze medal at the 2023 IIHF U18 World Hockey Championship Sunday in Basel, Switzerland, with a 4-3 overtime win over Slovakia. Barlow, who missed an earlier tournament game with a nagging injury, scored in the bronze-medal game and finished the tournament with three goals and […]

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Jr. B North Stars keep pace with strong Six Nations team

Close won’t help the Owen Sound North Stars in the standings but it should help with their confidence early in the season. The Six Nations Rebels came into the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Sunday on an absolute tear. The annual heavy hitters of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League entered Sunday afternoon’s tilt in […]

Young musicians perform for spots at Summerfolk

Charlie Taylor Gillespie of Owen Sound will be hitting the Summerfolk stage in her hometown this summer. The 15-year-old was one of five acts selected to perform at the 48th Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park on Aug. 18-20. They were chosen from among 11 finalists who performed in the […]

Loved ones speak out after long-missing man’s remains found

Loved ones of the London man whose remains have been found and identified four years after his disappearance are asking for donations in his honour to mental-health organizations. Tyler McMichael was 20 when he vanished on May 24, 2019. Police recently announced that human remains found along the Thames River near Dorchester had been identified […]

Casino reopening date nearing, two weeks after ransomware attack

The casino company that runs operations in London and across Ontario has slowly started reopening locations after a two-week shutdown following a ransomware attack by hackers. The casino at London’s Western Fair District remained closed on Sunday as Gateway Casinos and Entertainment reopened an operation in Innisfil, near Barrie, with no clear timeline on other […]

London casino reopening date nearing, two weeks after ransomware attack

The casino company that runs operations in London and across Ontario has slowly started reopening locations after a two-week shutdown following a ransomware attack by hackers. The casino at London’s Western Fair District remained closed on Sunday as Gateway Casinos and Entertainment reopened an operation in Innisfil, near Barrie, with no clear timeline on other […]

Pedestrian struck downtown, suffers life-threatening injuries

A pedestrian was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries following an overnight collision in the downtown core, London police said on Sunday. Police, fire crews and paramedics responded to the intersection of Queens Avenue and Richmond Street around 3 a.m. for reports of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. A man was taken to hospital. […]