Tag: Owen Sound
Scone’s 1881 schoolhouse to be demolished
Scone’s one-room schoolhouse will soon be demolished, one of three old Chatsworth Township buildings facing that fate. “It’s probably the last original one-room schoolhouse that still has not been touched,” said Adam Watson, whose Owen Sound company, Roy-Mar Demolition, won the contract to take it down. He said he’s doing the work reluctantly. “I mean, […]
Owen Sound theatre ready for next act thanks to Trillium grant
A $100,000 grant to Owen Sound Little Theatre from the Ontario Trillium Foundation is welcome after two years with next to no income due to pandemic health restrictions, the theatre company’s executive director said. There were bills to pay while the theatre sat mostly dark, Marcia Cunningham said after a ceremonial cheque presentation on the […]
Car strikes Nortowne Plaza Tuesday afternoon
No charges were laid after a car jumped a parking barrier and hit a downtown Owen Sound building Tuesday afternoon. Owen Sound Police Services investigated the crash, which was reported just after 1:30 p.m., and learned a Priceville woman was attempting to park when the car struck the brick wall and window of a business […]
Watch for Pokémon Go players in Harrison Park Saturday
A Pokémon Go augmented reality event taking place Saturday could attract hundreds of players to Harrison Park, while fundraising to support United Way programs, executive director Francesca Dobbyn said Tuesday. Pokémon Go is an augmented reality mobile game based on the popular Japanese anime series. It allows “trainers” to “catch” wild Pokémon, hatch eggs, battle […]
Winter wasn’t kind to Owen Sound’s roads
This past winter was “hellish” on city roads. The repeated freeze-thaw cycle and penetration of water within the asphalt layer through road defects and beneath it has taken its toll, city engineering services manager Chris Webb said. It’s been about 10 years since the last bad winter with so many freezing and thawing events like […]
Owen Sound schools come through in crosstown challenge
In a friendly crosstown food-drive challenge, Owen Sound’s eastside elementary schools were victorious over their westside counterparts this year. Students at Alexandra, St. Dominique-Savio and East Ridge collected the most food and other items, based on a point system, than their rivals at Hillcrest, Keppel-Sarawak and St. Basil’s. This was the second year of the […]
City crews in spring cleaning mode
It’s spring cleaning time in Owen Sound and the city invites anyone to report areas that need some attention this spring. City crews have a work plan and Thursday a crew worked along the 6th Street East hill, where a sidewalk sweeper and road sweeper worked in tandem to sweep up wintertime grit. Other crews […]
Former Owen Sound teacher sentenced for sexual exploitation
A former Owen Sound teacher and coach of girls hockey and gymnastics pleaded guilty Monday to sexual exploitation involving a female student and was sentenced to 22 months in jail, followed by three years probation. Kristopher Brian Seaman, now 46, of Owen Sound when charged in 2019, appeared in person in the Superior Court of […]
Beatrice Beauty Shoppe in Owen Sound to close after nearly 100 years
For nearly 100 years Beatrice Beauty Shoppe in Owen Sound has helped city residents look their best for weddings, graduations, portraits and the simple day-to-day. Since the mid-1930s, three generations of the Ward family have operated the shop and taken care of loyal customers from its downtown Owen Sound location. From labour-intensive big-bodied perms to […]
Ice Hawks girls hockey program soars to new heights
The Owen Sound Ice Hawks glided to record success with its registration this season but the program’s executives are hoping things really take flight in 2022-23. The Owen Sound Girls Hockey (OSGH) program has grown steadily since 2014 when free registration was offered to attract new players. By 2018, registration was just over 100 players […]