Category: Owen Sound
Choir Camp 2024 hits the stage this month with renowned tenor
Choir Camp 2024 is bringing tenor soloist Matt Chittick and friends to Owen Sound this month to perform ahead of its end-of-camp concert. On Wednesday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m., Chittick and friends will give a concert of classical, musical theatre, and popular songs. The show will feature both crowd favourites and lesser-known gems. Originally […]
Billy Bishop Museum to celebrate two new exhibits with free opening ceremony July 10
The public is invited to an opening ceremony on July 10 celebrating two new exhibits at the Billy Bishop Museum. The ceremony begins at 6 p.m. at the museum in Owen Sound located at 948 3rd Ave. W. Refreshments will be served and admission is free. Earlier this month the Billy Bishop Museum announced the […]
People show their Canada Day pride at city birthday bash
Canadians at Owen Sound’s Canada Day celebration at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park said they felt proud and lucky to live in this country. The park was busy with activity Monday, the country’s 157th birthday, under sunny skies and a cooling bay breeze. Many ate barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers, ice cream and enjoyed […]
City waterfront ‘nowhere near’ its potential, local businessman says
It was grey and cool at Owen Sound’s Westside Boat Launch as 12 people in life vests prepared to head out in a dragon boat Sunday. They paddled out past the John D. Leitch, the towering, black-hulled lake freighter moored against the east harbour wall, and tooled around the inner harbour. The Sound Waterfront Festival, […]
City firefighters douse encampment fire near elevators
City firefighters extinguished a tent fire amid tall reeds near the harbour’s edge, by the wharf at the grain elevators Sunday afternoon. The call came in at 3:24 p.m., just as firefighters were returning to the fire station from an apartment fire on 3rd Avenue East, which remains under investigation by police and the provincial […]