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Cornies: A son digs into his father’s musical history, and a stage play ensues
During the decade following his dad’s death, Andy Sparling became “borderline-obsessed” with his father’s wartime service
Menon: Why do some athletes develop neurodegeneration and others don’t?
Ravi Menon, Western University Ontarioâs Minister of Sport, 71-year-old Neil Lumsden, recently announced his decision to donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada to support research on brain injuries. Lumsden played 10 years in the Canadian Football League, winning four Grey Cups and while he knows he had his âbell rungâ a number […]
Two workers die at agricultural elevator facility near Owen Sound
Two workers died at an agricultural elevator facility southwest of Owen Sound on Thursday and the Ontario Ministry of Labour is investigating. A ministry spokesperson confirmed just before 1 p.m. on Friday that two workers had succumbed to their injuries after a scaffold collapsed inside a silo at the Sharedon Farms facility on Grey Road […]
As rivals load up, London Knights still waiting on four stars
Some teams â like the Oshawa Generals â are already loading up.
Police called to courthouse after sentencing triggers outburst
Police were called to the Owen Sound courthouse Thursday after an angry outburst at a conditional sentence imposed for dangerous driving causing death. Luciano Da Silva, 64, of Utopia, Ont., was granted house arrest as part of a conditional sentence of two years less a day and must not drive for four years starting immediately. […]
Breaking down the breakup between the Owen Sound Attack and Colby Barlow
Dale DeGray said he needed to hear it from Colby Barlow. “I had heard from everyone else, the only person I hadn’t heard from was Colby, and I needed to hear from him what he wanted,” DeGray said. The Owen Sound Attack general manager knew all along he’d likely have to trade away his captain […]
Attack trade Barlow to Oshawa for players and picks
One of the best goal scorers to ever play in Owen Sound finishes his career with the Attack just 17 tallies shy of Bobby Ryan’s all-time franchise mark. Colby Barlow asked for a trade, and on Thursday Dale DeGray sent the team’s former captain and Winnipeg Jets prospect to the Oshawa Generals for 17-year-old defenceman […]
Groups looking for people to give their time to help in community
Maybe you’ve got some time to spare and want to make a difference but you don’t know how. A volunteer fair held in the public library auditorium in downtown Owen Sound Wednesday featured a variety of groups whose representatives were eager to explain the ways they rely on volunteers. Miriam Dupuis, who organizes volunteers at Bruce […]
Billy Bishop Museum fundraising trivia night set for Friday
Put your knowledge to the test while raising money for the Billy Bishop Museum on Friday night. The Owen Sound museum and national historic site’s 2024 October Trivia Night Fundraising Event is at the Owen Sound Legion beginning at 6 p.m. with the first question at 7 p.m. The trivia night is an event for […]
Grey-Bruce clubs holding events to mark Bruce Trail Day
Bruce trail clubs in Grey-Bruce are preparing to celebrate Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath. The Sydenham, Beaver Valley and Bruce Peninsula Bruce Trail clubs are all holding events on Sunday to mark Bruce Trail Day, an annual celebration of the 890-kilometre trail and the the Niagara Escarpment it runs along. The Sydenham club, which […]