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Ex-London cop among five charged in $194K drug bust

A former London police officer who resigned while facing a criminal charge five years ago is one of several Southwestern Ontario residents swept up in an OPP-led drug and gun investigation. Provincial police officers from various units, along with London and Woodstock police, searched three vehicles and five properties in London, Woodstock, Wallaceburg, Tillsonburg and […]

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Georgian Bluffs moving towards allowing hens in residential areas

Georgian Bluffs is moving towards allowing backyard hens in residential areas, but in-town residents will have to wait a little while longer before they are gathering breakfast from their backyard. At a committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, Georgian Bluff council directed staff to proceed with an option to permit poultry in residential areas […]

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Group planning to form pickleball club out of Kemble arena

Pickleball fever has taken over the Township of Georgian Bluffs and there are now plans in the works to establish a pickleball club at the Kemble Community Centre. Local pickleball proponent Bret Shepley was at a Georgian Bluffs committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday where he outlined a plan to introduce an organized pickleball […]

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Average home price falls in 2023 in Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound area

Home prices fell by 7.7 per cent to $640,044 on average in 2023 over the year before, the December Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound update says. When just looking at December, the value of all homes sold was $55.3 million, down sharply by 19.6 per cent from the same month in 2022. Yet […]