One person is dead as the result of a house fire in Kincardine Friday. Emergency services responded to a residential fire on Whippoorwill Lane in Kincardine late Friday morning. A 911 call from a neighbour made at approximately 10:50 a.m. indicated a visible fire inside the home with heavy smoke and an occupant believed to […]
The Owen Sound Ice Hawks under-15 C team won a bronze medal at the Owen Sound Girls Hockey Norther Lights Tournament this past weekend in Owen Sound. The Ice Hawks topped a team from Mississauga, 5-1, to earn the bronze medals after falling 4-1 to Collingwood in a semifinal contest. The loss to Collingwood was […]
This coming weekend the Markham Pan Am Centre will play host to the 2023 Ontario Provincial Jiu-Jitsu Championship, the last major Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament for 2023. Twelve athletes representing Grey and Bruce counties and the Kilian Academy will fight for gold at this year’s Championship. Twelve-year-old Southampton phenom and Canadian White Belt Champion Hunter Ward […]
Residential building permit demand has plummeted in Grey County this year over the last two years, a county staff report shows. Forty-five per cent fewer residential building permits were issued to the end of September this year over last — 371 units this year compared with 687 last year. It’s also a 53 per cent drop […]
A free concert based on Vince Guaraldi’s music in the animated A Charlie Brown Christmas needs children for the concert choir. Children aged six to 12 years are invited to sign up for the Charlie Brown Community Children’s Choir. There’s no cost to join. A practice is scheduled for Nov. 29 at the Harmony Centre. […]
A Chippewas of Nawash band councillor who won $100,000 by scratching The Big Spin instant-win lottery ticket, says he plans to upgrade his car and travel. “I feel happy – very joyful,” Beverly Nadjiwon, 59, of Neyaashiinigmiing is quoted saying in an OLG press release Monday. The father and grandfather has been a lottery player […]
Admissions are again being permitted at the Southbridge long-term care home in Owen Sound after the Ministry of Long-Term Care suspended them over concerns about the health and well-being of residents. In a letter from Brad Robinson of the Long-Term Care Inspections Branch dated Nov. 23, it said that based on results of recent inspections, […]
It has been 30 years since Leslie Jones of Neyaashiinigmiing disappeared along with his cousin Shawn Jones, yet his memory remains fresh in the mind of his stepmother Lynn Chegahno. On Sunday, she gathered with other friends and family in Ferndale, where Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation Coun. Beverley Nadjiwon was leading a 30-kilometre […]
With a low harvest of vegetables for her stall at the Meaford Farmer’s Market one week, Megan Silk decided to bring along some mason jars of the wild ginger beer she and husband Bren prepared for their family to enjoy. The non-alcoholic fermented beverage sold really well that day. “I figured we were onto something […]
Coaches may face fines from the Ontario Hockey League for speaking out in the media against calls they disagree with, and as a result, the word count of this story may be a little light. Over halfway through the third period of Saturday night’s game the Owen Sound Attack and North Bay Battalion were deadlocked […]