Category: Owen Sound
Eat Local Grey Bruce faces closure; online meeting for members next week
A group of volunteers who strove to create an innovative, dynamic and new-age food co-op face closure for the second time in less than two years. No one from Eat Local Grey Bruce wanted to speak Friday, but the shelves at the group’s expansive Meaford warehouse were nearly empty and board member Jen Harrop confirmed […]
Grey Bruce Public Health issues opioid alert following fifth fatal drug poisoning this summer
A fifth suspected fatal drug poisoning this summer prompted public health to issue an opioid alert to community partners this week. Grey Bruce Public Health said in a media release the most recent suspected fatal overdose, along with three non-fatal drug poisonings, took place between Aug. 3 and Aug. 6. Two of the overdoses, including […]
Owen Sound salmon derby could see return of bigger fish
Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular co-chair Chris Geberdt has a good feeling that the derby could see a bigger fish this year than won the Chantry Chinook Salmon Derby which just ended. That’s because the nearly 26-pound salmon was caught in Georgian Bay waters off Lion’s Head, part of the Owen Sound-based derby’s waters too. The 25.62 […]
Georgian College seeks landlords for shared student spaces
Georgian College is expanding its partnership with an online platform helping to connect students to shared living spaces in an effort to house its growing population in Owen Sound. The college asked for the community’s help to support students “who will become the region’s future workforce” in a media release issued Wednesday. With 300 new […]
Dog show in Harrison Park here for three days
Dogs of all kinds have returned to Harrison Park for the annual three-day show which ends Thursday. Grey Bruce Kennel and Obedience Club’s show offers the chance for a close-up look at the widest variety of dogs most people would ever see in one place. There are morning shows starting at 8 a.m. and early afternoon shows. […]