Owen Sound District students become UN negotiators at model assembly

A team of students from Owen Sound District Secondary School has received a crash course into the inner workings of the United Nations. The team of eight Grade 10-13 students from the Owen Sound school joined hundreds of their peers at the three-day Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly at the University of Toronto recently, […]

Moped driver airlifted to hospital after collision near Flesherton

A 61-year-old moped driver with serious injuries was airlifted to a Toronto trauma centre after colliding with a pickup truck in Grey Highlands Wednesday.  Grey Bruce OPP investigated a collision reported at 11:40 a.m. on Highway 10 at Grey Road 32/Road 140, northwest of Flesherton. Firefighters and paramedics also responded. Police didn’t name of the […]

Man riding in off-road vehicle killed in crash on road: OPP

A 70-year-old Toronto man died in a collision between an off-road vehicle and a passenger vehicle near Listowel on Wednesday, Perth OPP said. The crash occurred at about 11:30 p.m. on Line 72, east of Perth Road 158, about 90 kilometres northeast of London. The Toronto man was riding on the off-road vehicle and died […]

LFP journalists honoured at National Newspaper Awards

London Free Press reporter Jane Sims was honoured for her work with a National Newspaper Award on Friday, one of two winning Postmedia journalists at the prestigious industry gala. At an event in Toronto, the judges announced Douglas Todd, a Vancouver Sun/Province columnist, and Sims, a veteran justice reporter, as winners in different categories of […]

Dundalk student earns position as Queen’s Park page

A Dundalk student is serving as a legislative page at Queen’s Park in Toronto after earning a spot in the program with an application that included an essay outlining their achievements. Bella-Sitara Singh Soares from Highpoint Community School is meeting key parliamentary figures while learning about Ontario’s parliamentary system of government acting as a messenger […]

Attack take OHL Cup’s leading scorer with first-round pick

With their highest draft pick in over a decade, the Owen Sound Attack selected a small-bodied “tenacious” and speedy winger from the Toronto Marlboros. Dale DeGray welcomed Mississauga’s Pierce Mbuyi (pronounced Boo-ee) to the fold with the seventh overall pick in Friday night’s 2024 OHL Priority Selection draft. Mbuyi scored 29 goals and added 30 […]