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Groups looking for people to give their time to help in community
Maybe you’ve got some time to spare and want to make a difference but you don’t know how. A volunteer fair held in the public library auditorium in downtown Owen Sound Wednesday featured a variety of groups whose representatives were eager to explain the ways they rely on volunteers. Miriam Dupuis, who organizes volunteers at Bruce […]
Billy Bishop Museum fundraising trivia night set for Friday
Put your knowledge to the test while raising money for the Billy Bishop Museum on Friday night. The Owen Sound museum and national historic site’s 2024 October Trivia Night Fundraising Event is at the Owen Sound Legion beginning at 6 p.m. with the first question at 7 p.m. The trivia night is an event for […]
Grey-Bruce clubs holding events to mark Bruce Trail Day
Bruce trail clubs in Grey-Bruce are preparing to celebrate Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath. The Sydenham, Beaver Valley and Bruce Peninsula Bruce Trail clubs are all holding events on Sunday to mark Bruce Trail Day, an annual celebration of the 890-kilometre trail and the the Niagara Escarpment it runs along. The Sydenham club, which […]
Georgian Bluffs council takes first run at draft budget
Georgian Bluffs council has kicked off its budget deliberations, with a proposed municipal tax rate increase of just over five per cent. After a day-long budget session on Friday, council directed staff to prepare a draft 2025 budget that maintains a tax rate increase of 5.14 per cent. For the average single-family detached home assessed at […]
Owen Sound man charged in relation to crash on Grey-Bruce Line
An Owen Sound man involved in a motorcycle crash on the Grey-Bruce Line near Chesley on Sunday is facing a number of charges. Shortly before 5 p.m. on Sunday, Grey Bruce OPP responded to a call that a threat had occurred on Sept. 14 in Park Head in South Bruce Peninsula, according to an OPP […]