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Weekend closes out with lead change at top of Salmon Spectacular
There was a new leader to start the week at the 36th McDonald’s Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular. As of noon on Monday the biggest catch so far was a 24.06-pounder caught by Brandon Strain of Sauble Beach on Sunday. He unseated Nick Mandeno of Owen Sound at the top after Mandeno weighed in a 21.82-lb. […]
Clothes dryer causes fire in Owen Sound
A clothes dryer malfunction is being blamed for a fire at a home on Owen Sound’s west side on Sunday. The Owen Sound fire department responded at approximately 12:30 p.m. to a report of a structure fire with heavy smoke coming from a second-floor window of a home in the 1000 block of 6th Avenue […]
City fire dept. puts out dryer fire
A dryer fire was contained to a small area of the basement of a two-storey home in Owen Sound Sunday. The home sustained about $10,000, including minor smoke damage, in the fire which was reported about 12:30 p.m., a city fire department news release said. Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services responded to a […]
Impaired driving charge after crash in Owen Sound
An Owen Sound man has been charged with impaired driving after a collision on Owen Sound’s east side on Saturday. Just before 6 p.m., two vehicles were involved in a collision near the intersection of 9th Avenue East and 10th Street East, Owen Sound police said in a news release. A Dodge Caravan was waiting […]
Walkers pray for answers about missing Neyaashiinigmiing cousins
As Clara Smith said a prayer for those taking part in a more than 30-kilometre walk from Ferndale to Wiarton early Sunday morning, she became so emotional that at times it became hard to say the words. For Smith, it has now been almost 31 years since she last saw her grandson Leslie Jones, who […]