Category: Owen Sound Sun Times
Volunteer firefighters save dog from well near Bognor
Volunteer firefighters saved a dog from a 25-foot well accessed by a popular local nature trail near Bognor. The Inter-Township Fire Department responded to a distress call Monday evening for a dog needing rescue from the well of the Wilson property, a historic homesteading property featuring relics of a massive barn and hand-dug well accessed […]
New large-animal vet receives Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week Prize
Recent Ontario Veterinary College graduate Dr. Jacky Normandeau received this year’s $1,000 Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week Prize. Normandeau grew up outside the rural town of Uxbridge. Despite growing up in a town, she has plenty of farm experience. In high school, she worked on a hobby farm doing the daily chores and at a local […]
Local cyclists to raise money for Safe ‘N Sound during 700-kilometre ride
A 700-kilometre bicycle ride from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Tobermory will support Owen Sound’s Safe ‘N Sound drop-in centre. Tobermory duo Jason Runions and Steph Tkaczuk will travel the path of the Niagara Escarpment later this month, from Aug. 22 to 28. The owners of Level 5 Tiling & Renovations say they’re avid cyclists and adventurers who […]
Passenger of single-vehicle collision west of Owen Sound dies of injuries
The 85-year-old passenger of a vehicle involved in a serious collision west of Owen Sound Monday morning has died. The passenger, from Muskoka Lakes, was transported to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries Monday morning following the single-vehicle collision at the Highway 21 roundabout west of Owen Sound. On Tuesday afternoon, police disclosed the passenger […]
Bruce Power’s MCR and Bruce C projects reach new milestones
Bruce Power’s bid to expand output by up to 4,800 megawatts at its Tiverton site, in what could be Canada’s first nuclear construction project in more than 30 years, reached a new milestone this week. As part of its pre-development work — for which the federal government agreed to fund up to $50 million —Bruce […]