Category: Owen Sound
More people looking for work in the region drives up jobless rate
After dropping for five consecutive months the region’s unemployment rate rose 0.4 percentage points in July to 2.8 per cent. According to a report by the Four County Labour Market Planning Board, which covers the area of Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties, the region’s overall population grew by 400 in July while the labour […]
Owen Sound great-grandmother wins over $200K in lotto
Owen Sound’s Susan Ward won over $200,000 in the July 13 Lotto 6/49 draw. Ward, a great-grandmother, won the draw’s second prize of $207,214.20. She said she’s been playing the lottery for as long as it’s been around. “I even remember playing WINTARIO,” she shared, while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick […]
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 […]