Category: Owen Sound
OSHaRE struggles to meet need as it sets new record for meals served
Owen Sound’s soup kitchen reached a new high — 200,000 meals served this year as of last week, breaking last year’s 146,000 meal total, executive director Colleen Trask Seaman said Saturday, shortly before opening the kitchen doors for take-out meals. It’s one local organization which is struggling to meet increasing demands this holiday season. The […]
Stew Taylor remembered for humour, passion for hockey team
Former Owen Sound Mayor Stew Taylor, a popular city politician, champion of OHL hockey, school teacher and principal, and long-serving justice of the peace, died Dec. 20 of pancreatic cancer. Mr. Taylor died in Chapman House hospice in Owen Sound. He was 77. His most lasting and visible contribution to the city might be […]
OSHaRE’s preparing special Christmas meals
Free Christmas meals over the holidays start Monday, with a roast beef dinner with all the trimmings at Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort soup kitchen. There will be stockings for their guests and special desserts, executive director Colleen Trask Seaman said. On Christmas Eve, the SOS market will be at OSHaRE. The Grey Bruce […]
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 […]