Tag: Owen Sound
GBHS relaxing visitor rules at its hospitals Monday
More visitors will be allowed in all six Grey Bruce Health Services’ hospitals starting Monday, the hospital corporation announced. Two visitors will be permitted for most situations and the no longer need to be the same two visitors. Out-patients may have one support person if required. Proof of two-dose vaccination remains a requirement to enter […]
Free COVID rapid tests, masks at transit terminal and mall
Free COVID-19 rapid tests and masks will be handed to city transit riders with a bus ticket or pass Friday and to all who want them until supplies last Saturday at Heritage Place Shopping Centre. The United Way will be handing out a kit of five rapid antigen tests and a box of 20 KN95 […]
Billy Bishop Museum seeks Afghanistan vets’ stories for exhibit
Canadian Afghanistan War veterans willing to share their stories will be included in a new exhibit at the Billy Bishop Museum this spring. Canada joined an international coalition force against the al-Qaeda terrorist network and Taliban regime following the 9/11 attacks on the United States in 2001. Canadian soldiers served there between 2001 and 2014. […]
Affordable housing advocate Ken Thomson has died
Local affordable housing champion Ken Thomson, whose dedication he attributed to his upbringing as a foster child, died at home Tuesday. He was 85. His 32 years of work with the Owen Sound Municipal Non-Profit Housing Corp. and Owen Sound Housing Company was recognized with awards in 2019, when he stepped down as chair. Combined, […]
City briefs: apartment rentals, home expo, ash trees, cigarette butts
Barry’s Construction has city approval to start building a $17-million, five-storey rental apartment building at 530 28th St. W. Owen Sound’s planning department has issued a building permit for the 79-unit apartment building, which will include 12 accessible units with barrier-free washrooms and door operators. There will be one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Completion is […]