Category: Owen Sound Sun Times
Owen Sound Emancipation Festival a chance to reconnect
As the Emancipation Festival and Picnic marked its 162nd year in Owen Sound over the weekend, participants celebrated the event’s roots as a close-knit family reunion, along with its transformation more recently into a welcoming community celebration. Festival chair Linda Johnson said Saturday at Harrison Park, that she has been coming to the Emancipation Day […]
Multisport race returns to Wiarton on Aug. 10
The Bruce Peninsula Multisport Race is returning to Wiarton again this year. The event, which starts and finishes at Bluewater Park, will be marking its 14th year by adding a new course distance. The Aug. 10 race will now include the Owen Sound Subaru Sprint Course, made up of a 2-kilometre paddle, 12-km bicycle ride […]
Southampton beach posted unsafe for swimming
The beach at Southampton has been posted unsafe for swimming, just as the Civic Holiday weekend begins. Grey Bruce Public Health announced Friday that in consultation with Saugeen Shores, the beach had been posted unsafe after water-sampling results showed bacterial levels exceeding Ontario Ministry of Health standards. The water was tested Wednesday and the results […]
Summerfolk preparing to entertain Owen Sound
It’s two weeks until Summerfolk, the 49th annual music, arts and crafts outdoor festival on the west shore of Owen Sound. Organizers are arranging which performers will stay in which hotel rooms, the lanyards for volunteers are being printed and their assignments are going out, festival artistic director James Keelaghan said by phone Friday. There’s […]
New hospital funding ‘helpful’ but doesn’t cover inflation
Grey-Bruce hospital administrators welcomed $8.566 million in new permanent base funding but some said it’s not enough. The money will be distributed $5,962,500 to Brightshores Health System, $1,808,100 to South Bruce Grey Health Centre and $795,400 to Hanover & District Hospital. Brightshores will see permanent base funding go up by 3.1 per cent. It’s […]