The 29th Biennial Trans Superior International Yacht Race officially started Saturday August 2 in Whitefish Bay, Michigan. It is the world’s longest known freshwater sailboat race at 350 miles across […]
The fourth annual Mackinac Bridge Swim began just after sunrise on Saturday, July 26. Over 250 swimmers participated in the 4.5-mile swim across the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full […]
A 50-year-old swimmer was taken to hospital in critical condition after being rescued from Lake Huron, Ontario Provincial Police say. The individual was swimming in Lake Huron at Pinery Provincial Park when they got into trouble and became unresponsive at about 5 p.m. on Saturday, the OPP said on Monday
The fourth meeting of the South Bruce 4-H Dairy Club was held Saturday, July 12 at the Teeswater fairgrounds. The entire group was told to bring their calf for the showmanship clinic. Around 10 a.m., the meeting was started by splitting the members into three groups. The first group learned about how to judge. This […]
The 2025 Ripley Reunion runs from July 31 to Aug. 4 featuring a massive parade, light-hearted competitions, and live entertainment.
Earlier this spring, a cleanup of the Goderich shoreline had nearly 150 volunteers remove 270 pounds of garbage.
Police are investigating another theft of a rainbow Pride flag in Norwich – the fourth incident this spring involving stolen or vandalized flags in the area. Two unknown men took the flag from a residence on Jerdon Street on Saturday at 1 a.m., Ontario Provincial Police said. The suspects are described as shirtless white men […]
There’s no shortage of events planned this weekend and on Canada Day in Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce. Canada Day itself is on a Tuesday this year, with the statutory holiday and all the associated closures observed then. However, there’s plenty to do in the region over the weekend and on the birthday of Canada’s confederation. […]
A Tuesday night graduation ceremony at South Collegiate Institute in London "abruptly ended" when lightning struck the stately old high school in the city's Old South neighbourhood.
Provincial police closed a Southwestern Ontario beach after a swimmer went missing in Lake Erie over the weekend. Emergency crews were called Sunday shortly after 3 p.m. to Port Burwell beach for a report of two swimmers in distress, Elgin OPP said. One swimmer was pulled to safety and taken to hospital with non-life threatening […]