Category: Owen Sound
Local conservation award helps future environmental champs
A local university student studied lemurs in Madagascar this summer and has tracked turtles on the Bruce Peninsula. Alex Adair, a 19-year-old from Owen Sound who’s in his second of four years studying wildlife biology and conservation at Guelph Univesity, this past summer went to Madagascar to join a research team led by Guelph University’s […]
Community members relieved, angered over charges in Sharif Rahman’s death
Most who stopped to talk in downtown Owen Sound Thursday expressed relief and compassion for beloved city restaurateur Sharif Rahman’s family. But others also called for vengeance the day after police named three United Kingdom citizens as suspects, charged in connection with what police allege was the manslaughter death of Rahman, a community-minded 44-year-old husband […]
Three U.K. men charged in Owen Sound restaurant owner’s death: Police
OWEN SOUND â Three men from the United Kingdom are charged in the 2023 death of an Owen Sound restaurant owner who was assaulted outside his business in a dispute over an unpaid bill. The charges were announced at a news conference Wednesday afternoon in Owen Sound by Owen Sound police and the Ontario Provincial […]
Suspects named in Sharif Rahman death investigation
Three citizens of the United Kingdom have been charged in connection with the death of Owen Sound restaurant owner Sharif Rahman in August of 2023. Owen Sound police and members of the Ontario Provincial police announced the charges at a news conference in Owen Sound Wednesday afternoon, when they also explained why information about the […]
Ontario Greens choosing local candidate Monday in Owen Sound
The Green Party of Ontario will hold a nomination meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in Owen Sound. Two people are running to be the party’s candidate for the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. The meeting will take place at Harmony Centre, 809 4th Ave. E. Joel Loughead, a Grey Highlands municipal councillor, and Natasha Akiwenzie, of Neyaashiinigmiing, whose […]
Local postal union president says government undermining workers
The local postal union president says the government is undermining workers by effectively ordering Canada Post workers back to work during peak mailing season. “You have a corporation that’s unwilling to negotiate with us now,” said Melissa Simpson, president of Owen Sound Local 582 of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, in an interview Saturday […]
Santa gets a little help from his firefighter friends
Santa’s helpers were busy filling bags to fulfill Christmas wishes Saturday. Owen Sound firefighters have a store space at Heritage Place Shopping Centre which they’ve filled with toys, just like a toy shop. With each child’s wish list in hand, they went shopping for toys similar if not exactly as requested. Each bag will contain […]
GTR bus service to Wiarton ending, to Orangeville extending
Two Grey Transit Route bus service changes are coming, Grey County announced in news releases. GTR Route 2, with two runs down and two runs back between Owen Sound and Orangeville, Monday to Friday, will continue running until March 31. Bus service on part of that route, between Dundalk and Orangeville, was to have ended […]
Harold Sutherland turns 80, still playing hockey with the Old Greys
The Old Greys Hockey Club are proud to announce that they have an eighty-year-old defenceman on their active roster. Harold Sutherland turned eighty in November and still patrols the blue line with high skill and a large dose of tenacity, all mixed together. Harold and other players of this vintage started out on natural ice […]
Owen Sound service analysis saving time and money, staff say
City hall staff so far have found about $950,000 operational savings during an ongoing service review. More than $700,000 of it is annual savings and the rest is one-time savings. “We assume over the next few years of this council with service review we will hit that $2 million mark in savings,” city manager Tim […]