News from around St. Marys.
By Pat Payton A total of 35 teams, including eight from the St. Marys Ringette Association, will compete in the 12th annual Snipers tournament this weekend, Dec. 7-9. There will be three full days of ringette at the PRC, with games starting at 8 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The championship finals in each…
After an exemplary career as Cemetery Caretaker, Kevin Hyatt has retired after 31 years on the job. With a presentation from Mayor Al Strathdee at Council on Tuesday, and tributes from Brent Kittmer and Jed Brown, all agreed that St. Marys Cemetery has always been known as one of the best kept anywhere. Replacing Kevin…
By Jennifer Thorpe “Ink & Imagination” opened quietly last week. In a season packed with social events, this lovely new exhibit offers everyone the opportunity to step back from the busy demands of the holidays and take a moment to reconnect with the magical world of children’s illustration. On display at the Station Gallery, the…
Ladner, B.C. native James Paxton has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2018 Tip O’Neill Award. Canada’s baseball shrine presents this honour annually to the Canadian player judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to baseball’s highest ideals. To determine the winner, the Hall takes…
On October 17th, the federal government lifted criminal prohibitions on cannabis subject to certain limits. Under federal legislation, provinces are responsible for establishing wholesale and retail distribution systems. The first legal cannabis retail storefronts will open on April 1, 2019, and will be licensed by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). Although the…
Hodkinson nets four for Firefighters By Pat Payton Two St. Marys minor hockey teams defeated visiting London Bandits teams in Shamrock-Alliance action Wednesday night at the PRC. The results, however, don’t count in the SHL standings. Led by the dangerous Hodkinson line, the Firefighter ‘BB’ Peewees doubled their London counterparts 6-3. Captain Ryan Hodkinson powered…
Lincs now sit three points out of a playoff spot By Pat Payton KOMOKA – It’s been a tough month for St. Marys Lincolns. The Lincs lost their fourth straight game here Saturday night, 4-2 to the home-town Kings, and are now 1-6-1 in November. Hitting the midway mark of the regular schedule this past…
By Phil West As a youngster, I was born in and grew up in Oshawa, Ontario. A proud community as it should be … with the start of GM as we know it today. Robert Sam McLaughlin teamed up with Buick and later on Chevrolet to make vehicles for North America in the early 1900’s.…
By Laura Green A cast of thirty- two – some are new to the stage, some are new to Thistle Theatre and the rest are veterans, some just live down the street from the historical townhall now the home of Thistle Theatre on 135 Huron St. Embro, some drive from London, Innerkip, Ingersoll, Woodstock, Tavistock,…
By Greg Gormick Quite simply, it is a plan Oxford County commissioned me to produce to demonstrate how the overlapping and inadequate VIA Rail Canada and GO Transit services into Southwestern Ontario can and should be incrementally upgraded to high-performance rail standards. It includes new trains to increase comfort and reduce costs, track improvements to…