Tag: Fireworks
New Year’s Eve events to be held across Grey and Bruce counties
There is something for just about everyone looking for ways to ring in 2025 in the Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce areas. Numerous New Year’s Eve events are planned around the region on Tuesday, allowing people of all ages to mark the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. OWEN SOUND FAMILY CELEBRATION The City of […]
What to know about city council’s meeting cycle, and one complicated change
Monday marked the first meeting of city council’s refreshed committees including the shrunken community and protective services committee. Reporter Jack Moulton explains the committee system, and why the smaller body already is presenting headaches. WHAT ARE COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEES? City council has four committees that meet on a three-week cycle, followed by a meeting of […]
Thousands gather in Owen Sound to kick off holiday season
The spirit of the holiday season was everywhere in Owen Sound on Saturday night. Thousands lined 2nd Avenue East three rows deep in places for the 79th annual Kiwanis Santa Claus Parade, then afterwards large crowds headed over to the nearby banks of the Sydenham River, where the switch was thrown on the 37th annual […]
Bush bash homicide: Witness recalls feeling scared, defends not calling 911
As the bush party was winding down, Jonathan Lopez had a bad feeling. He was standing with friends near a big bonfire in the clearing of a southwest London wooded area just off Pack Road in the early morning of July 31, 2021. âThe night was ending because we couldnât see very well,â he testified […]
