Thurs June 6: OPP Briefs, Local Updates & What's On This Weekend

Plus: A local author has been featured on CBC's Ontario Morning, and will hold a reading downtown this evening

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A Vancouver police officer is cycling across Canada to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer, and you’re invited to help welcome him to Tobermory on Friday morning.

Sergeant Dayne Campbell has participated in the Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast for fifteen years, covering 12,000 kms and raising $140,000 in the process.

This year, he’s cycling solo from coast to coast on a personal mission, as his own daughter has been diagnosed with a rare cancer.

Campbell left Vancouver on May 6 and plans to complete the journey in 60 days.

Full subscribers, there’s a lot more for you below, including…

• Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers on funding for a new school in Southgate

• Crime reports from Grey Bruce and South Bruce OPP

• An audio interview with a local author featured on CBC’s Ontario Morning

• A report from the most recent BWDSB meeting

• News about a large fire near Charles Lake in Georgian Bluffs

Keep reading for these stories and more, plus lots of local events coming up this weekend!

~ Miranda

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