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Waterfront festival draws families for afternoon fun
Owen Sound’s waterfront festival Saturday was all about kids. They played on the beach and in the bay, built tall wooden Jenga towers, ran races, climbed into a fire truck and a police cruiser. There were dogs running obstacle courses to watch, a roaming, 7’ 4’’ woman to hug, candy floss to eat […]
Owen Sound walk for mental health support open for registration
Registration is open for the 3rd Annual Walk for Courage Campaign, to raise money for mental health support for those who are struggling and in memory of people who have taken their own lives. The five-kilometre walk takes place Saturday, July 20 at Owen Sound Fitness and Training. Registration that day starts at 9 a.m. […]
Police charge man in Owen Sound knife attack
City police charged an Owen Sound man with aggravated assault and other offences after police say someone was attacked with a knife in downtown last Saturday. Police said in a news release that on June 22 about 10:15 p.m. an Owen Sound man was attacked with a knife in the 300-block of 8th Street East. […]
Construction officially begins on new Rockwood Terrace in Durham
Nearly 10 years after Grey County began exploring redevelopment options, shovels hit the dirt Friday morning in Durham to officially kick off the new 128-bed Rockwood Terrace construction. Once completed, sometime in 2026 if all goes to plan, the new long-term care home and the county’s largest capital project to date will offer 28 additional […]
Saugeen Ojibway Nation flag raised over Kelso Beach in Owen Sound
The Canada Day weekend began in Owen Sound on Friday with a solemn and reflective ceremony dedicated to remembering and honouring those who have called the area home for thousands of years. About 80 people gathered as the Saugeen Ojibway Nation flag was raised up the flagpole to fly permanently above the Gichi-Name Wiikwedong Reconciliation […]
Grey County to look at Owen Sound’s court security cost issue
The door hasn’t yet been fully opened, but Grey County council has at least agreed to take a peek at Owen Sound’s calls to have court security costs funded regionally. At its meeting on Thursday, Grey County councillors agreed to receive a staff report summarizing the issue of court security and prisoner transportation costs for […]
Protestors and police feature at hospital organization’s AGM in Walkerton
When Jana White and a few dozen other people disappointed in their local hospital organization arrived at the Best Western Plus parking lot to protest Wednesday night in Walkerton, a police officer greeted them and asked them to vacate the area. White said the Save the Durham Hospital committee protestors made it a few steps […]
Careless driving charge after vehicle rollover in Owen Sound
An Owen Sound woman has been charged with careless driving after a rollover on the city’s east side on Wednesday. Owen Sound police said a vehicle was travelling north on 7th Avenue East from 16th Street East when it struck a parked vehicle and rolled over onto its passenger side. The driver was taken by […]
Canada Day celebrations include activities, nod to Indigenous Peoples
Canada Day events are talking place in the Owen Sound area over the coming days, while Meaford will be celebrating Canada’s 157th birthday and its own 150th together. The four-day, free Sound Waterfront Festival this weekend in Owen Sound will be capped with Canada Day celebrations on Monday, July 1. Canada Day window flags for […]
SPORTS BRIEFS: ‘MAN CHILD’ CELEBRATES CUP WIN
GEORGE WAITS FOR NAME TO BE CALLED Attack goaltender Carter George is expected to be one of the first goalies taken in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft this weekend. The draft at the Sphere in Las Vegas begins Friday night with the first round of selections and continues Saturday with rounds two through seven. NHL […]