Author: The London Free Press
Two men charged in downtown Owen Sound incident
Two Owen Sound men have been charged after reports of an altercation involving about six people in the city’s downtown on Thursday evening. Just before 8:30 p.m., Owen Sound police began receiving calls about the disturbance. As officers were arriving in the area, they received more information from witnesses indicating a knife and a handgun […]
Fire destroys workshop, cause undetermined
Fire destroyed a workshop near a home along East Bayshore Road/Grey Rd. 15 Wednesday night, on the eastern fringe of the city, Inter Township Fire Department Deputy Chief Andy Redmond said. The homeowner reported the fire just before 8 p.m. and firefighters arrived six minutes later but the roof had already caved in and the […]
Grey-Bruce death toll due to COVID: 44
Grey-Bruce has suffered its 44th death due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The news was included in the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report Thursday. This victim was a hospitalized patient in old age with underlying medical conditions, Dr. Ian Arra said by text response to Sun Times questions. Of all the COVID-related local fatal […]
Project aims to form vision of Grey-Bruce’s future landscape
A new initiative is aiming to bring the community together to form a landscape and development narrative of what it wants Grey-Bruce to look like for future generations. The Sustainability Project, formerly the Grey Bruce Sustainability Network, has embarked on a project called Regenerate Grey-Bruce, in which it plans to have local people with various […]
Free COVID rapid tests, masks at transit terminal and mall
Free COVID-19 rapid tests and masks will be handed to city transit riders with a bus ticket or pass Friday and to all who want them until supplies last Saturday at Heritage Place Shopping Centre. The United Way will be handing out a kit of five rapid antigen tests and a box of 20 KN95 […]