Category: Owen Sound Sun Times
City digs deeper to fix skate park after problem arises
It will cost about $100,000 more than budgeted to fix Owen Sound’s Sk8 and Bike Park’s concrete pad, which has been partly fenced off for more than a year because sections were crumbling and considered unsafe to use. Owen Sound council voted Monday morning, during a special meeting to discuss this issue, to withdraw an additional […]
Boater rescued off Kincardine coast Sunday
South Bruce OPP and a Good Samaritan helped bring a boat to shore Sunday after it began taking on water. Police were called to Kincardine harbour about 12:50 p.m. for a vessel that had struck a rock just off the coast of Kincardine on Lake Huron, a police news release said. The vessel was reported […]
Late-night traffic stop finds prohibited driver, drugs
Police laid drug charges against four men in a car which was pulling a trailer without lights late at night at Saugeen First Nation. Grey Bruce OPP stopped the car Saturday at 3:45 a.m. on Pashwood Drive. They learned the driver was a prohibited driver and there were drugs in the car. Gregory Martellini, 44, […]
Grey-Bruce athletes dazzle at Owen Sound triathlon
Athletes from across Grey-Bruce put their stamp on the Owen Sound Subaru Triathlon at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park on Sunday. The local area was well represented at this year’s event, which included Olympic- and sprint-distance triathlons, duathlons, swim-bike events and relay races, and many were standing on the podium after crossing the finish line. […]
Cardboard boats take to the water off Southampton
Despite a big 20-boat turnout in the Lap for Loot event at the cardboard boat races in Southampton on Saturday, cousins Henry Small and Isla Oyarce showed that they still got it. For the second year in a row, the duo from Toronto paddled to the top cash prize in the headline event at the races, […]