Tag: Owen Sound
BRIEFS: Wolves keep winning
Wolves keep winning (rugby) The Owen Sound District Secondary School Wolves improved to 3-0 on the year with a 41-0 shutout victory over the Kincardine Knights Monday afternoon at Victoria Park in Owen Sound in senior girls rugby action. Grace Vokes had two tries as did Sydney Cowan. Hailey Frizzell added a try and two […]
Owen Sound briefs: boat launch food trailer, Pride, councillor recall provisions
Owen Sound council is permitting a food trailer and licenced patio to be located at the city’s West Side Boat Launch. The city contracts with a company called Experience Grey Bruce to run its boat launches on the east and west sides of the harbour. The company approached the city for permission to add the […]
Owen Sound mayor touts green energy opportunities
Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy confirmed in an interview Friday he will be seeking re-election as mayor. But the subject didn’t arise during his keynote remarks at an Owen Sound & District Chamber of Commerce luncheon Friday, or in questions people there asked, at what was billed as a State of the City address. Boddy […]
Fundraising to bring back Big Brothers, Sisters to Georgian Triangle
When the Georgian Triangle chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters folded in 2020 due to financial pressures, about 270 kids were left without any support. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey-Bruce stepped in for some of them but more money is needed to meet the need. The charitable organization has drawn up a plan to […]
The Ginger Press celebrates Independent Bookstore Day with serial signing
Owen Sound’s longstanding hyper-local independent bookstore and publisher The Ginger Press celebrated Independent Bookstore Day with a serial signing Saturday. Ten local authors of books published during the pandemic were in the downtown store to meet their readers and sign copies of the works for the first time. “We really had our legs pulled out […]
Hydrogen Optimized could supply huge Texas hydrogen hub
Hydrogen Optimized in Owen Sound hopes to build a manufacturing plant in Texas to sell the plant’s entire electrolyzer unit output to supply green hydrogen to a huge production, storage and transportation hub. It signed a memorandum of understanding with Green Hydrogen International for the proposed development of a large electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Texas. […]
Earth Day event in the city ‘more of a celebration’ Saturday
Hundreds came out to a lively celebration of Earth Day Saturday afternoon in downtown Owen Sound. It offered a mix of entertainment, information and a chance for the community to gather, which COVID-19 restrictions haven’t permitted much in the last two years. Kids drew coloured chalk drawings and joined tug-of-war challenges and people packed the […]
Earth Day event in the city ‘more of a celebration’ Saturday
Hundreds came out to a lively celebration of Earth Day Saturday afternoon in downtown Owen Sound. It offered a mix of entertainment, information and a chance for the community to gather, which COVID-19 restrictions haven’t permitted much in the last two years. Kids drew coloured chalk drawings and joined tug-of-war challenges and people packed the […]
St. Mary’s High School to be replaced in Owen Sound
Grey-Bruce Catholic schools are bursting with students and so the province has agreed to replace St. Mary’s in Owen Sound with a new Grade 9-12 high school, rather than build an addition onto it. An extra $16.3 million for the school was announced Friday by Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker, on top of almost $20 […]
Owen Sound changing traffic light timing to improve flow in the core
Changes to traffic light timing are underway on 10th Street to improve traffic flow and reduce travel time. A traffic consultant’s calculations are being used to change the signal timing on 10th Street, from 4th Avenue East to 3rd Avenue West. Motorists may experience delays while the changes are made over the next several days, […]