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Shore to Shore racers wait out thunderstorm before hitting the road
A thunderstorm that bubbled up threw a curveball at organizers of the Rotary Club of Wiarton’s Shore to Shore Race, but it couldn’t stop the Civic Holiday weekend tradition from going ahead. The start time of the annual road race across the Bruce Peninsula was pushed back to let the storm pass on Monday morning, […]
Balmy Beach man leads relay run in memory of good friend
As Jesse Walker made his way along his fundraising run through the Georgian Bluffs countryside on Saturday morning, his thoughts often turned to his friend Tyson Downs, who passed away suddenly a year ago. “I did start thinking about Tyson while I was running,” the 19-year-old brain cancer survivor from Balmy Beach said once he […]
Owen Sound Emancipation Festival a chance to reconnect
As the Emancipation Festival and Picnic marked its 162nd year in Owen Sound over the weekend, participants celebrated the event’s roots as a close-knit family reunion, along with its transformation more recently into a welcoming community celebration. Festival chair Linda Johnson said Saturday at Harrison Park, that she has been coming to the Emancipation Day […]
Multisport race returns to Wiarton on Aug. 10
The Bruce Peninsula Multisport Race is returning to Wiarton again this year. The event, which starts and finishes at Bluewater Park, will be marking its 14th year by adding a new course distance. The Aug. 10 race will now include the Owen Sound Subaru Sprint Course, made up of a 2-kilometre paddle, 12-km bicycle ride […]
Summerfolk preparing to entertain Owen Sound
It’s two weeks until Summerfolk, the 49th annual music, arts and crafts outdoor festival on the west shore of Owen Sound. Organizers are arranging which performers will stay in which hotel rooms, the lanyards for volunteers are being printed and their assignments are going out, festival artistic director James Keelaghan said by phone Friday. There’s […]