Category: Owen Sound
Town hall meeting Nov. 4 to discuss Summerfolk’s future
Summerfolk is facing extreme financial pressure and will consider downsizing as it manages rising costs and its debt, operations manager Jaret Koop said. The future of next year’s festival is not in doubt but changes are coming and the community’s input at an upcoming town hall meeting will help shape the next festival, he said […]
City council to weigh ban on additional drive-thrus
City council has asked for a report about whether to outlaw future drive-thrus with an interim control bylaw. Deputy Mayor Scott Greig proposed the report, preliminary to a future zoning bylaw update, which also could address drive-thrus. His motion at council’s meeting Monday proposed that the move be looked at to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, […]
New rink floor at Bayshore will fix long-standing ice issue
When a new concrete slab and piping beneath the floor at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre ice rink are installed next spring, it will correct an ice quality issue since the facility opened in 1983. A thinner slab, combined with new pipes which will allow faster heat transfer to make ice faster, and allow for […]
Local developer to complete apartment project as life lease
An unfinished apartment building described as an “eyesore” near the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound has a new owner who plans to finish the project, with changes. Sound Lifestyles Ltd. purchased the Georgian Landing project, at 297 18th St. E. in Owen Sound, and will be the developer. Now it’s called Bayshore Terrace and […]
City council extends rental incentive to BCK developer
The city’s need for purpose-built rental housing on the former Black Clawson Kennedy site trumped concerns over offering a million-dollar incentive to a slow-moving developer Monday night at Owen Sound city council. A majority of council voted to extend its expired offer to waive about $1 million worth of development charges for another six months […]
Sunday morning hangouts return to the Harmony Centre this weekend
Solidarity Sundays will return to the Harmony Centre beginning this weekend. Nominated for an Owen Sound Cultural Award for ‘most promising new event’, the intergenerational weekly social began as an experiment this past winter before becoming so successful its volunteer organizers kept it rolling throughout the spring. “Solidarity Sundays started with a simple conversation at […]
Owen Sound man faces charges after ditching damaged Pontiac Vibe in a cornfield
Owen Sound Police have charged a man who they say rear-ended a vehicle on 10th Street East before fleeing the scene and ditching his car in a cornfield. According to an Owen Sound Police Service media release, a man driving a Pontiac Vibe rear-ended another westbound travelling vehicle at 8:20 a.m. on Oct. 8, before […]
Grey County wants to talk affordable housing at spring meeting
Grey County will host a meeting in the spring to encourage affordable, near-market rental and attainable housing development. It owns lands in Markdale and Durham which could be used for affordable housing and county staff are looking at potential incentives to get it built, a report to council Oct. 10 says. Among those to be […]
HockeyFest is returning to the Scenic City in November
Three days of hockey is in store at HockeyFest 2024, which returns to Owen Sound Nov. 14-16. This will be the city’s second HockeyFest event, inspired by Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada, in January 2023, held to celebrate the game of hockey and its history and impact in Owen Sound and the surrounding area over […]
‘Don’t be afraid to make mistakes,’ Repair Café repairman says
Paul Vanar bent over his workbench and tinkered with a broken wind-up toy horse, perhaps 75 years old. Lorraine Rutherford brought him the toy to fix. It’s been broken for a long time but its sentimental value was too great to part with it. It belonged to her late husband Jim Rutherford, whom […]