Tag: news release
Thousands to descend on Western University for homecoming amid strike
Thousands of alumni and students planning on attending Western Universityâs homecoming this weekend could be in for some unexpected headaches.
Steve Lowe named new Georgian College board chair
Steve Lowe, an Owen Sound wealth advisor, accountant and community volunteer, is the new chair of Georgian College’s board of governors for 2024-25. Lowe joined the board of governors in 2020 and recently served as vice-chair, a college announcement said. Georgian College has five campuses, including one in Owen Sound. He’s an RBC Dominion Securities wealth […]
Supportive Outreach Services program receives health award
A program that formed in Grey-Bruce in 2021 to help the marginalized residents of a rooming house that was going through a COVID-19 outbreak, has been recognized with a new award. The Supportive Outreach Services (SOS) program has been awarded an Ontario Health System Quality and Innovation Award for its success in improving the health outcomes […]
Police investigating theft of items from Grey Highlands property
Police are looking for the public’s help as they try to solve a break and enter in Grey Highlands that saw numerous items worth a total of more than $20,000 taken. Sometime between Sept. 2 and 14, someone entered the property on Sideroad 16A and removed the items, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news […]
SIU discontinues investigation into Hanover arrest
The province’s Special Investigation Unit has terminated an investigation into a June arrest in Hanover. The independent government agency that investigates the conduct of police officer, announced on Tuesday that its director Joseph Martino had ended the investigation due to insufficient evidence of serious injury. The case involved a 19-year-old man who was arrested on […]
Special 50th anniversary Chi-Cheemaun sailings Sunday
People are encouraged to dress like it’s the ‘70s again and come along on one of two 50th anniversary MS Chi-Cheemaun cruises Sunday, Sept. 29. The Owen Sound Transportation Company ferry has been bringing passengers and their cars to Manitoulin Island and back to Tobermory since Sept. 29, 1974. These special sailings will mark the ferry’s 50 […]
Police clear air about attempted child abduction as online ‘wildfire’ rages
Aylmer police are stressing the importance of reserving judgment after an investigation cleared a “person of interest,” already vilified on social media, in an attempted child abduction, police say.
Surveillance cameras now operational in Owen Sound River District
Surveillance cameras are now operational in Owen Sound’s downtown. The city announced on Monday that nine cameras had been installed late last week in areas of the River District, the first phase of a three-year camera pilot program approved by council earlier this year. The program is in response to public calls for more safety […]
Man, woman charged in death of man at east London park: Police
Two people have been arrested and charged after a man was found dead at an east London park Friday, London police say. The two accused, a man and woman, were arrested Saturday after police discovered a man’s body at a park on Kathleen Avenue on Friday evening, London police said Sunday. Broady Daniel Dax Salmon, […]
Police probe ‘suspicious death’ of a man at east London park
London police are investigating the suspicious death of a man at an east end park, an area that has seen many homeless encampments in recent years, neighbours say. Officers responded to the 400-block of Kathleen Avenue, east of the intersection of Third and Dundas streets, at about 6 p.m. Friday to conduct a welfare check. […]