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North Stars look to flip the script as OJBLL playoffs start this weekend
Riding a seven-game winning streak the Owen Sound North Stars junior B team will try to do something that hasn’t been done since the Black Eyed Peas were topping the charts — win an Ontario Junior B Ontario Lacrosse league playoff series. The North Stars open their first-round series with the Hamilton Bengals, Saturday, at […]
Goldie, Todd tabbed for roles on national and provincial squads this summer
A former Owen Sound North Stars field lacrosse player will wear the red-and-white for Team Canada at the 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship this summer. Team Canada selected Jillian Goldie to its roster ahead of the under-20 world championships in Hong Kong from August 15 to 24. Goldie plays at UMass Lowell (NCAA, Massachusetts) […]
OHL releases 2024-25 schedule, Attack begin Sept. 27 in Guelph
The new-look Owen Sound Attack will first take to the ice for the 2024-25 regular season on Friday, Sept. 27, in Guelph, and return to the Bayshore the next night to take on the Storm at home. The Ontario Hockey League released its regular season schedule on Tuesday. Owen Sound begins and ends their season […]
Downburst behind storm damage in city
A downburst was the cause of a swath of damage in Owen Sound on Thursday, a group of experts that studies extreme weather has concluded. The Northern Tornadoes Project confirmed through an investigation that the downburst – powerful winds that descend from a thunderstorm and spread out quickly once they hit the ground – with […]
Green bins get a green light in Owen Sound
After talking about it for at least a couple of decades, Owen Sound officials have given the green light to green bins. Owen Sound will introduce a weekly source-separated organics residential collection program in mid-2025. At a special council meeting on Monday, city council awarded its next contract for residential waste collection in the city […]
McQuarrie sentenced to life in prison
Matthew McQuarrie was sentenced to life in prison Monday and he won’t be eligible to apply for parole for 15 years, after his surprise guilty plea to second-degree murder during his first-degree murder trial last week in Owen Sound. Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan accepted the 34-year-old’s new plea to a lesser charge on June […]
Local woman worries about family in Ukraine while raising funds
Owen Sound resident Olga Gura lost contact with family members in a heavily shelled suburb of Kyiv three days ago. They’d fled their apartment and were staying in a bomb shelter when she last reached them. Their area was “almost levelled.” She tries to maintain contact with family and friends in Ukraine and scans the […]