Author: Owen Sound Sun Times
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L’Hommes Wickens shines during rough stretch
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After reeling off three-straight wins the Owen Sound North Stars ran into a pair of juggernaut squads in the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League loop this past week. Owen Sound dropped games to the Elora Mohawks (7-1-1) and St. Catharines Athletics (6-1-1) before bouncing back to beat the London Blue Devils (5-5). After seven regular-season…
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Sr. B N’Stars top Crushers in Meaford
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Jordan Caskenette led the way as the Owen Sound North Stars improved to 2-0 in the Ontario Series Lacrosse circuit with a 14-9 victory over the Clearview Crushers inside the Meaford and St. Vincent Community Centre Saturday night. Officially a road game for Owen Sound, the Highway 26 Showdown pitted the two senior B lacrosse…
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Green technology highlighted at Home and Cottage Expo in Owen Sound
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Energy efficiency and green technology were top of mind for many who came through the doors of the Home and Cottage Expo in Owen Sound this weekend. Whether it was solar panels, heat pumps, electric vehicle vehicles and charging infrastructure, or green building materials and construction methods, there was opportunities aplenty sprinkled throughout the Harry…
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Concerns about healthcare privatization voiced at Owen Sound rally
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The erosion of rural healthcare and privatization of services were top of mind of those who attended a rally in Owen Sound on Saturday. About 50 people came out to the event on the steps of city hall, where calls for action were made and stories were shared about the impact health-care decisions are having…
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Owner injured, suspect arrested in Kincardine jewelry store robbery
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A Saugeen First Nation resident is facing multiple charges after a robbery at a Kincardine jewelry store early Saturday morning. Just before 6 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a robbery. Officers arrived to find that the business owner had been injured and a suspect was arrested at the scene, it said in…
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Man dies after crash between pickup and moped near Flesherton
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One person has died following a collision between a pickup truck and a moped north of Flesherton on Wednesday morning. Grey Bruce OPP, Grey County paramedics and the Grey Highlands Fire Department responded to the collision at the intersection of Hwy. 10 and Grey Rd. 32 at 11:40 a.m. As a result of the crash…
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Dundalk about to see another new subdivision built
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Grey County Warden Brian Milne said Grey County council’s approval of another 391 homes in Dundalk can’t happen fast enough. The phased development includes approval for 292 single detached homes, 24 semis and 75 townhouses, plus land for a new elementary school, which a study found must accommodate 735 pupils. Milne is also Southgate’s mayor…
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Georgian Bluffs to survey community on off-leash dog park proposal
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Georgian Bluffs council will undertake a community engagement process on the potential of establishing an off-leash dog park in the township. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, council directed staff to move forward with the community engagement. Chief administrative officer Niall Lobley told council the process stems from this year’s budget deliberations,…
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Georgian Bluffs moves toward allowing hens on some residential lots
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Georgian Bluffs is moving closer to allowing chickens on more properties in the municipality. During its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, council received a staff report on a backyard poultry zoning bylaw and authorized an amendment to the township’s zoning bylaw to permit backyard poultry on certain residential properties. But on Wednesday, councillors…
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Owen Sound District students become UN negotiators at model assembly
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A team of students from Owen Sound District Secondary School has received a crash course into the inner workings of the United Nations. The team of eight Grade 10-13 students from the Owen Sound school joined hundreds of their peers at the three-day Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly at the University of Toronto recently,…