Category: Owen Sound
Pickup driver pleads guilty in fatal motorcycle crash case
A 64-year-old man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death, for turning his pickup truck in front of Bailey Durocher’s motorcycle, just north of Durham two years ago. Luciano Da Silva, of Utopia, Ont., just west of Barrie, pleaded guilty on June 18 in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound. Sentencing is […]
Pride banner stolen from city church, woman in custody
Owen Sound police charged a woman with theft after a Pride banner was taken from Georgian Shores United Church Saturday. Police said Tuesday in a news release that a 41-year-old, of no fixed address, was charged after a citizen photographed the suspect “trying to conceal” the banner in her bag on Saturday, July 13. […]
All-day youth music festival in downtown Owen Sound Sunday
Banditfest, a teen-run outdoor youth music festival, will take place at the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market building all day Sunday. Eleven hours of music by 15 bands will kick off at 11 a.m. and end at 10 p.m., rain or shine, said Olive Borowski, one of the event organizers. Grey-Bruce bands will be joined by […]
SPORTS BRIEFS: Scenic City trio excels with Team Ontario
SCENIC CITY TRIO EXCEL WITH TEAM ONTARIO The Team Ontario under-17 squad finished with a perfect 4-0 record at the two-day MidAtlantic Summer Club Championships in Edgewood, Maryland this past weekend. Three Sound North Stars Junior Elite Women’s Lacrosse (JEWL) team members, Bree Wilkins, Taryn Weppler and head coach Lyndsay Brooks, are with Team Ontario. […]
SPORTS BRIEFS: Red-hot Baysox are playoff bound
Sr. B NORTH STARS SPLIT The Owen Sound North Stars senior B team wrapped up the regular season in the Ontario Series Lacrosse loop with a 14-9 loss to Six Nations Saturday and a 9-6 win over Hamilton Sunday. Both games took place at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The North Stars finished in […]