Tag: Owen Sound
Local man first to get new publicly funded prostate cancer drug
A Dundalk-area man is the first person in Canada to receive a new, publicly funded treatment that better targets prostate cancer cells and is shown to prolong life. After discovering a growth which made it difficult using the toilet in November 2023, doctors sent Fred Harrison for conventional radiation in Kitchener, then eight months of […]
Carter George visits the REACH Centre
Owen Sound Attack goaltender Carter George spent some time at the REACH Centre in Owen Sound Wednesday afternoon to talk hockey, and the World Juniors, and to sign autographs for some of the city’s biggest Attack fans. Since 2014, the REACH Centre has provided programming for individuals in Grey-Bruce with intellectual and developmental disabilities. George […]
Owen Sound leads all CHL clubs with six players on NHL Central Scouting midterm rankings
The Owen Sound Attack led all CHL clubs with six players featured on the NHL Central Scouting midterm rankings including defender David Bedkowski at No. 38 on the list. Two of Owen Sound’s goaltenders are ranked in the top 15 for North American goalies. Trenten Bennett comes in at No. 9 on the list, while […]
Owen Sound North Stars value depth in Major Series Lacrosse draft
The Owen Sound North Stars added a prolific junior scorer and champion-pedigree defenceman as part of this week’s Major Series Lacrosse draft. Ahead of the draft, teams were able to keep up to four players from an affiliated Junior A club on their protected list. Owen Sound chose to protect four players from their affiliate […]
Owen Sound council approves new snowmobile trail agreement
City council approved new five-year land-use agreements for the East Side Snowmobile Club and Stoney Keppel Riders. Council also delegated approval authority for such agreements with local snowmobile clubs in future to the director of community services. The agreements cover the city for liability through the user groups’ insurance by making the areas an official […]
As the snow piles up, so do complaints at city hall
Recent wintery weather has generated public complaints at city hall about street and sidewalk plowing. Coun. Carol Merton, who chairs the operations committee which oversees snow-clearing efforts, said she’s been getting them and so have city staff. At city council Monday, she invited Lara Widdifield, the city’s director of public works and engineering, […]
4 running for PC candidacy in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound
When members of the PC Party of Ontario vote for their candidate in the riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound this weekend they will have four people to choose from. Former West Grey councillor and longtime Grey-Bruce resident Stephen Townsend was recently announced as a fourth and final candidate running for the nomination. The other candidates include Brock […]
Owen Sound mayor pays tribute to Stew Taylor
Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy opened the first council meeting of 2025 on Monday with a tribute to former city mayor Stew Taylor. Taylor, who died of pancreatic cancer on Dec. 20 at 77, served as the city’s mayor from 1995 to 2001. He was a city councillor before that, from 1983 to 1994. Tayor […]
Grey-Bruce farmers told to be ready to adapt to changing climate
While Grey-Bruce and the rest of southern Ontario is expected to be less affected by a changing climate than many other areas, it still doesn’t mean farmers here don’t need to be ready to adapt. Mark Robinson, a meteorologist and storm chaser with The Weather Network presented to a packed Elmwood Community Centre during Crop […]
Counts held across Grey-Bruce for the love of birds
An annual Canada-wide census that collects data that is used to determine the population health of our fine feathered friends has wrapped up for another year. The annual Christmas Bird Count, which is one of the longest-running wildlife censuses in the world, again saw thousands of birders and nature enthusiasts fan out across approximately 475 […]