Kincardine awarded for response to 2023 vandalism spree

Making the best of a bad situation has pushed Kincardine into the spotlight. During the Ontario Business Improvement Area Association awards gala held April 29, the Municipality and Bruce County won the Award of Merit in the Streetscape and Public Realm Improvement category for their combined response following a vandalism spree in downtown Kincardine in […]

Turbine lake dispute keeps muddying waters

A feasibility study released in 2022 by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority did not support the placement of turbines in Lakes Erie and Ontario. This was thought to be the end to future consideration but a recent proposal from Pennsylvania says otherwise. Read the full story by The Post-Journal. Read the…

Owen Sound Bayhawks win Ontario Basketball Association gold

The Owen Sound Bayhawks won Ontario Cup gold this past weekend in their under-14 division. The representative basketball team from the Scenic City topped the Knights 46-34 in the gold-medal game to win the OBA Ontario Cup U14 Division 20 championship. Owen Sound Minor Basketball tripled in registration this past season with over 200 youth […]

Byelection victory keeps Lambton-Kent-Middlesex in PCs’ grip

FLORENCE – Voters in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex stuck with Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives in one of two Ontario byelections Thursday, both won by the PCs including the Southwestern Ontario contest by a wide margin. Steve Pinsonneault, a Chatham-Kent civic politician and businessperson, amassed more than 15,000 votes to handily take the Lambton-Kent-Middlesex seat by a better than […]

Ontario suspends Sarnia chemical plant approval over benzene emissions

Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment has ordered a petrochemical facility in Sarnia to suspend its production operations after high benzene emissions, first flagged by a neighbouring First Nation. Aamjiwnaang First Nation, which is surrounded by industrial facilities and monitors air quality readings, recently said citizens fell ill and there were high emissions of the cancer-causing […]

Rapper headlines London Music Hall of Fame’s class of 2024

The Forest City London Music Hall of Fame has unveiled its class of 2024, set to be inducted during local music week celebrations running from June 9 to 16. This year’s honourees, spanning genres from l960s pop to children’s music and hip-hop, have excelled in their respective fields and “carried the London, Ontario, banner around […]