News from around St. Marys.
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…
By Stewart Grant Life is busy. I’m sure that most of us feel this way. As well, it seems like each year goes by faster than the one before it. I’m 44, and it’s so hard to imagine that soon I’ll be closer to 50 than 40. How did this happen so quickly? At the…
With short bench, team wins three playoff games in a row in North Bay By Pat Payton NORTH BAY – It’s always a great way to end a season when you win your last game. The DCVI Senior girls basketball team, which played with a short bench all weekend, won the consolation title here at…
At OFSAA ‘A’ tournament in Belleville last week By Pat Payton BELLEVILLE – It was a very respectable showing for the DCVI Senior boys volleyball team here at the OFSAA ‘A’ championships this past week. Steve Chateauvert’s Salukis won three matches and lost three matches. Their tournament ended Saturday morning when they lost 3-1 in…
Last week in Goderich GODERICH – St. Marys DCVI swim team attended their first meet here last week and posted some strong results! The Salukis’ boys medley relay team of Eric Lagace, Sergio Garcia, Pepe Mantilla and Jake Pfaff claimed first place in the Senior division. Eric Lagace continued to dominate Senior freestyle events with…