Tag: Owen Sound
Police seize drugs, energy weapon and cash in city bust
Owen Sound Police seized 127 grams of fentanyl, 33 grams of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, oxycodone pills, $7,000 in cash and a conducted energy weapon as the result of a traffic stop and several search warrants this week. On Tuesday, police arrested a 45-year-old Owen Sound man after making a traffic stop in the 1100 Block […]
No violations at Harrison Park snowmobile spot check
All 52 snowmobilers who came through a city police spot check on a trail at the rear of Harrison Park were in compliance with document requirements, had valid trail permits and were sober, an Owen Sound police news release said. The spot check was done with the help of the Eastside Snowmobile Club’s district president […]
Wiarton hospital COVID outbreak ends
The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported Saturday that 14 local people are hospitalized due to COVID-19, unchanged from the day before. Ten people are in a local hospital and four are hospitalized outside Grey-Bruce. A COVID outbreak at Wiarton hospital, declared Jan. 20 in the in-patient and complex continuing care unit, ended today. Ontario reported […]
Dundalk developer’s big plans involve provincial fast-track request
A residential developer is proposing to use Minister’s Zoning Orders to fast-track approvals for a long-term plan to build 1,000 to 2,000 housing units in the burgeoning community of Dundalk. Shakir Rehmatullah, president of Flato Developments, presented a conceptual plan to Southgate council on Jan. 19 and at a virtual public information session Jan. 27. […]
‘Nobody tells me what to do’ trucker at convoy protest says
A celebration of the unwilling erupted at the southern doorstep of Owen Sound Friday morning. There appeared to be a few hundred people who are unwilling to accept government mandated double-vaccination requirements for truckers to enter the United States, and a whole lot more. They showed up to send off a contingent of about 30 […]
Owen Sound artist Stephen Hogbin leaves local, international legacy
Owen Sound artist, wood-turner and furniture maker Stephen Hogbin died Jan. 13, seven months after a cancer diagnosis. The 79-year-old was recognized internationally by collectors, educators and professional organizations for his influence in studio wood turning and furniture making. “Stephen’s reputation is huge and people were in touch from all around the world, on a […]
Two more COVID deaths in Grey-Bruce
Grey-Bruce has lost two more people to COVID-19. The Grey Bruce Health Unit added two deaths to the area’s total Wednesday. Now 27 Grey-Bruce citizens have died due to the pandemic virus There have been 19 deaths in Grey-Bruce, plus one Grey-Bruce citizen died after acquiring the infection and receiving treatment outside of Grey-Bruce, and […]
Concern grows about COVID in local long-term care, retirement homes
With COVID-19 outbreaks now in six long-term care or retirement homes in Grey-Bruce, more stringent isolation and testing requirements are coming into effect in these facilities, the medical officer of health said. Sunday the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported two more outbreaks in these homes than the day before, as well as 60 new cases […]
Grey Bruce Health Unit reports 88 new COVID cases Saturday
Eighty-eight new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Grey-Bruce Saturday. There are now 383 active COVID cases, including nine local people in a local hospital and one in hospital outside Grey-Bruce, the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported. Figures were current to midnight Friday. Grey Bruce Health Services’ Owen Sound hospital has a continuing COVID outbreak. […]
Cruiser rear-ended, Owen Sound man charged
A 53-year-old Owen Sound man was charged with impaired driving and drug offences after an SUV crashed into a parked police cruiser south of Goderich on Dec. 23. Just after 12:30 p.m. the cruiser, parked on the shoulder of Bluewater Veteran’s Highway with emergency lights flashing, behind a vehicle with a flat tire, was struck […]