Tag: Owen Sound
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West Grey mayor apologizes, issues rural health-care warning
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West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles told Grey County council Thursday that he has apologized for telling the CEO and president of South Bruce Grey Health Centre “to keep her hands off the Durham hospital and I’ll promise to keep my hands off of your throat.” Hospital board chair Jim Bagshaw sent a letter addressed to…
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Victoria Park grandstand damaged by fire
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Owen Sound firefighters picked through debris after a fire destroyed part of the Victoria Park grandstand this morning. The cause of the fire and the cost of reconstruction are questions yet to be answered. By 9:30 a.m. the firefighting was done and the investigation phase was underway. The fire burned through and charred a significant…
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Owen Sound’s Caskenette helps Mercy University to fifth straight title
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Owen Sound’s Brody Caskenette helped his Mercy University men’s lacrosse team win a fifth straight East Coast Conference lacrosse championship Saturday afternoon at Mercy Field in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Caskenette scored four goals and added a helper in the contest as the Mavericks topped Frostburg State University 18-5. Caskenette, a senior at Mercy studying…
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Race for REACH continues to grow in Owen Sound
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The third-annual Race for REACH continued to grow with participants, volunteers and staff embracing the harsh conditions to raise needed funds for their home away from home Saturday in Owen Sound. Without government funding to buoy the charitable organization’s balance sheet, the REACH Centre Grey Bruce raises money for everything from “cheese sticks to gluesticks”…
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Brightshores Ball Hockey ‘Cellybration’ takes over Owen Sound’s River District
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Owen Sound’s main draft transformed into Shinny Street as the first Brightshores Ball Hockey “Cellybration” took over the River District Saturday. Brightshores Owen Sound Foundation partnered with the City of Owen Sound and a touring ball hockey tournament company called HockeyFest – Game On to put on the all-day event. Over 200 participants, spread across…
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Sydenham Sportsmen’s Association stock Sydenham River with 33,000 rainbow trout
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The Sydenham Sportsmen’s Association released as many as 33,000 rainbow trout fingerlings in the Sydenham River at Harrison Park Saturday. It’s part of the conservation group’s effort to support a sustainable local fishery. They’ll release salmon fingerlings growing at the club’s hatchery near the park later in June. It’s not a bad start for a…
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Some downtown roads will close for ball hockey tournament this weekend
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The inaugural Brightshores Ball Hockey “Cellybration” in downtown Owen Sound on Saturday will close roads in the city’s core for most of the weekend. Beginning Friday at noon, 2nd Avenue East from 8th Street East to 10th Street East and 9th Street East from 1st Avenue East to 3rd Avenue East will be closed until…
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Negro Creek settlement talk features descendant of an original family
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A plaque marking the historical Negro Creek settlement, off Highway 6 in the Williamsford area south of Owen Sound, should be erected this summer. That’s the plan, if a place can be found to put it, said Ben Heywood-MacLeod, a member of a committee working to raise the prominence of this mid-19th century Grey County Black…
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Grey County conditionally supports Meaford pumped storage
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Grey County council conditionally supported TC Energy and Saugeen Ojibway Nation to proceed with their 1,000-megawatt Meaford pumped storage project, subject to getting required approvals, including from SON itself. Six Save Georgian Bay protestors with signs and information cards waited at an entrance to the county building before sitting on one side of the council…
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SON chiefs address upcoming decision on pumped storage project
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Saugeen Ojibway Nation’s chiefs said environmental questions must be answered before it makes a decision on Meaford’s pumped storage project. Grey County council on Thursday conditionally supported TC Energy and SON proceeding with the proposed project, subject to the approval process, including federal and provincial environmental and impact assessments and SON’s approval. Chiefs Greg Nadjiwon…