Grand Bend, Ontario community newspaper and entertainment events guide. Also serves Zurich, Dashwood, Port Franks, Exeter, Parkhill. Casey Lessard photos.
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Federal and provincial funding means project has to finish by June 1, 2010, but Lambton Shores was ready thanks to master plan Story and photo by Casey Lessard Grand Bend’s Main Street is less than a year away from a major makeover that will see few major changes, but which the municipality believes will make [...]
Story and photos by Casey Lessard Master boat-builder Skip Izon has been working on a non-aquatic project for the last little while: restoring what’s believed to be the oldest horse-drawn ambulance in Canada. The ambulance, built in Petrolia in 1908, spent the last 25 years at the Lambton Heritage Museum after it spent ten years [...]
Great news for Crediton, where federal and provincial funds will be matched by South Huron for a total of $900,000 to make a sports complex and community centre. The money will join Ontario Trillium Foundation funding and community fundraising to build the project. The project should be done within the next two years. Molson Canadian [...]
Bob Teskey was “a good listener and companion.” This week, his wife Barb pays tribute to his legacy by walking in the Relay for Life. Her lesson: live your dreams. Originally from Sarnia, retired teacher’s assistant Barb Teskey, 58, and her family are participating as team Family Ties in Grand Bend’s 12 hour Relay for [...]
Hotel management sends message of thanks to all those who helped preserve and restore the beachfront landmark Heading into their 52nd year as a beachfront inn, The management of Bonnie Donne Manor-on-the-Beach are thankful that a small March 29 fire contained to one room didn’t destroy their entire business. Although small, the fire led to [...]
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard It’s no secret that the newspaper business is in free fall as businesses tighten their advertising budgets. Local papers, like the Grand Bend Strip, are supposed to be immune to such a tightening, but that’s changing. I have to admit that I didn’t see the change coming. It’s [...]
Cooks working for one of Canada’s top chefs are peeling potatoes grown in Corbett Marcus Koenig moved his family to Canada from Switzerland to start Klondyke Farms, just north of Corbett, in spring 1997. Today, the farm is an organic operation that supplies a farmers’ market in Toronto and several restaurants, including renowned chef Jamie [...]
Parents hope for new jungle gym for kids to monkey around on; need to raise $70,000 Story and photos by Casey Lessard Concerns about safety and the prospect of a child who uses a wheelchair being unable to enjoy the playground have triggered a push by the Grand Bend Public School’s Home and School Association [...]
Grand Bend gambler Richard Webb will travel globe after winning the Canadian Poker Tour crown Richard Webb hit it big January 21 when he won the Canadian Poker Tour Invitational Finals at Ocean World Resort and Casino in the Dominican Republic. Webb was the best of Canada’s top 43 players, who were invited to the [...]
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard You may have seen – or not seen but noticed – that A-Channel London no longer has a morning show. The people who lost their jobs there are among many cut from the television station, including some who will be let go in August. Also gone are two [...]
Alternative View By Lance Crossley Prime Minister Stephen Harper drew heavy criticism earlier this month when he told CNN that international forces in Afghanistan were never going to defeat the insurgency. His comments provoked a tongue-lashing by everybody from opposing political parties to the renowned Washington-based magazine Foreign Affairs. What’s really shocking about Harper’s comments [...]
Focus of annual show is representational art Paint Ontario March 14 to April 5 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Lambton Heritage Museum By Casey Lessard “Fight poverty, buy art.” That’s the mantra Paint Ontario founder Barry Richman uses to encourage people to support the representational art show he started in 1996. “Paint Ontario was [...]
Return of the Tundra Swans March 14 to April 5 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Lambton Heritage Museum www.returnoftheswans.com If you’re a fan of birds or awesome spectacles, you should visit the Thedford Bog east of the Lambton Heritage Museum this month as the tundra swans return. Every spring, thousands of tundra swans leave [...]
Meet Me at the Diner Exeter Skating Club Carnival Sunday, March 29 12 and 4 p.m. (two shows) – South Huron Recreation Centre $8 (advance) or $10 (at door), $4 for children 12 and under While skaters prepare their routines for the Exeter Skating Club carnival March 29, students at South Huron District High School [...]
More than 100 performers, musicians, directors, stage managers and production crew need temporary rental accommodation for the 2009 Huron Country Playhouse season. “We rely heavily on the community’s support,” facility manager Paul Pembleton said in a release. The average accommodation rate is $70 per week, Pembleton said, and cast and crew work five weeks at [...]
World Religion Day Sunday, January 18 2 to 4 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion (Kevin Locke will also perform at the Huron Woods clubhouse Sunday night at 7 p.m.) Featuring Lakota hoop dancer Kevin Locke and the London Unity Choir. Clergy of local churches will offer readings and prayers for world peace. Refreshments served. Everyone [...]
2009 Grand Bend Winter Carnival Events Guide First Weekend Friday, February 6, 2009 5 to 7 p.m. – GB Legion Meat Draws 5:30 – Paddingtons Hollywood High Rollers Gala. Glitz and Glimmer! Call 238-5788. 7 p.m. – Oakwood clubhouse Games night. Teams of 6-8 compete at stations. $10 per person – register your team today. [...]
How a day at the beach changed Reagen Robinson’s life Exeter toddler Reagen Robinson’s life will never be the same after an outing to a private beach near Grand Bend in August. Soon after arriving at the beach with his parents Brad and Katrina and brother Jordon, Reagen ran toward an extinguished, but still hot, [...]
By Casey Lessard The end is near for Crediton’s only retailer, and its owners hope that end refers to construction on the town’s only bridge and main road, not the end of their 15-year business. “There are no guarantees,” says Diane Faubert when asked if the business will survive to the January bridge repair completion [...]
Story and Photos by Casey Lessard They may not have won the national championship Vanier Cup, but the University of Western Ontario Mustangs football team continues to win the hearts of boys and girls at East Williams Public School in Nairn. Several of the team’s players are taking part in a mentorship program to help [...]
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard What a rollercoaster ride of emotions Canadians have been on this month. The scene in Ottawa has polarized the nation, with the Governor-General putting the brakes on a government takeover bid by a Liberal-NDP coalition (let’s be honest, the Bloc is in there, too, even if no one [...]
Alternative View By Lance Crossley One of the most intriguing aspects of the recent struggle for power on Parliament Hill was the propaganda war. Nowadays we call it public relations, but it still amounts to the same thing: the conscious and intelligent manipulation of public opinion. In the dramatic lead up to the Governor-General approving [...]
By Casey Lessard Similar to the crowd at a Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel church, familiar faces fill the rows of seats at today’s gathering. I see Steve Dietrich, Pat and Marion Sullivan, Marty and Teresa Larkin, Don O’Rourke, and many Regiers. Instead of seeing Father Ray Lawhead at the front of [...]
Congratulations to Grand Bend’s Paul Ciufo, who was nominated Tuesday for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, according to the Canadian Press. Winners will be announced November 18 in Montreal.
