News from around St. Marys.
New exhibit fuses space technology and sustainable farming The St. Marys Museum is excited to announce a new exhibition on loan from the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum and the Canadian Space Agency: Space to Spoon. Space to Spoon demonstrates how space technology benefits Canadian farmers and sustainable agriculture. It also highlights the Canadian Space Agency’s Earth…
St. Marys, Ont. – The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2020 induction class includes two all-star first basemen that have won major league batting titles, the most effective set-up man in Toronto Blue Jays history and a legendary Montreal Expos broadcaster. Canadian slugger Justin Morneau (New Westminster, B.C.), former Blue Jays first baseman John Olerud,…
By Paul Dreossi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter During the Community Policing Advisory Committee meeting of January 15, Stratford Chief of Police Mr. Gregory Skinner relate the success of a new pilot project that has been implemented in Perth and Huron Counties. The most common calls for police services are ones that include mental health, addiction,…
Darren Smale will be head clubhouse manager with Los Angeles Angels ‘AA’ baseball club By Pat Payton Darren Smale admits it’s been a “wild ride” the last year and a half. The St. Marys Jr. ‘B’ Lincolns’ head trainer recently accepted the head clubhouse manager position with the newly-named Rocket City Trash Pandas baseball club,…
Ringette team currently fundraising for their trip north; spaghetti dinner Feb. 10 By Pat Payton SAULT STE. MARIE – The St. Marys U-12 Provincial Petite team will be travelling here for the Provincial ringette tournament, April 2-5. The team is currently fundraising for their trip north and is looking for sponsorship. The Snipers are also…
MOORETOWN – The Royal Canadian Legion A-E Midgets completed a three-game sweep of the Jr. Flags here last Wednesday night. A shortened bench due to injury and exams was met head-on by a determined 11-player Rock team, who skated to a 4-1 victory. “The boys came out hard and took control of the game from…
Team has to get back to the basics, says coach McClement By Pat Payton The St. Marys Lincolns have to get back to the drawing board as they head towards the Western Conference playoffs, says coach Trent McClement. McClement made the comment after the Lincs lost a two-goal lead for the second consecutive night, dropping…
By Pat Payton The St. Marys Lincolns’ Alumni group will hold a special night this Saturday, Feb. 1, honouring all surviving players and executive members from the inaugural year (1956-57) to the 1962-63 championship season. About 30 former players and executives from that era are expected to attend. After dinner in the End Zone room,…
In WRRL action this past week, the St. Marys U-16 Snipers improved to 13-2 as they defeated Goderich and Kitchener in ringette play. Last Thursday, the Snipers travelled to Goderich to take on the 1-10 Ice Crushers. The game was back and forth in the first half as the teams skated to a 4-4 tie…
By Pat Payton and Stewart Grant In a hard-fought series that went the distance, the Cement ‘BB’ Midgets were the last team standing on Monday night at the PRC. It took a complete team effort as the No. 3 seed Rock defeated the No. 2 seed Dorchester Dragons by a score of 4-0, thus advancing…