Tag: Police
Social media/human trafficking info session Thursday in Owen Sound
A free social media and human trafficking information session for parents and for youths aged 11 to 18 if accompanied by parents or guardians, will be presented at the Y in Owen Sound Thursday night. The event runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce, 700 10th St. […]
Public funeral service Wednesday for man who lived near rail trail
A funeral service for Wayne Milner, a well known local homeless man, whose body was found Jan. 9 by hikers near the rail trail south of Owen Sound hospital, will take place tomorrow, Feb. 22, at 11 a.m. Rev. David Shearman will officiate the public service at Tannahill Funeral Home, 1178 4th Ave. W. in […]
Fire marshal to investigate two city fires today
Fire marshal investigators have been summoned to help identify the cause of two small fires which caused no injuries and were reported within 30 minutes of each other in Owen Sound Tuesday night. The decision to call in the fire marshal was made in conjunction with Owen Sound police, which also investigated the fires, Owen […]
Baranyai: Public pressure key to reining in police violence
Many of us have grown up watching police through the lens of a camera.
Police seek information about Blue Mountains fatal
Police are investigating a fatal vehicle collision last Thursday morning in Blue Mountains. Sometime before 5:55 a.m. on Jan. 26, a grey coloured Mitsubishi Outlander sport utility vehicle was northbound on Arrowhead Road. That road meets Highway 26 just east of Craigleith Provincial Park and runs south. The vehicle left the road, continued down an […]
Southgate woman charged with attempted murder
West Grey police have charged a Southgate woman with attempted murder after an alleged poisoning. Police said in a news release issued on Twitter and Facebook Saturday that they have charged Barbara Ann Ellis, 56, with attempted murder and administer noxious substance. Police started an investigation in West Grey on Jan. 19 “after allegations surfaced […]
City police charge five in drug-trafficking investigation
Owen Sound police announced Wednesday that five people face a total of 23 drug-related charges after police targeted drug traffickers in the city. A police news release said Project Winter was an “extensive investigation” and involved executing a residential search warrant and seizure of $8,000 worth of illegal drugs including fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine. The […]
Gathering remembers ‘kind and gentle’ man who died by rail trail
People gathered Friday to remember and pay their respects to a homeless man who lived for years along the rail trail out past the hospital, and was found dead there by hikers Monday. Those who met in the chapel at Owen Sound hospital said his name was Wayne Milner. Police have not identified him but […]
Police ask for help finding federal offender who frequents this area
Police are looking for a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant who is known to frequent Owen Sound, Walkerton and Hamilton. Aaron Marshall, 34, is serving five years for weapons and drug offences, a news release from the Ontario Provincial Police said. The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad issued a request for the public’s help […]
Man who drove over escarpment in Owen Sound sentenced
A man who drove a vehicle off the escarpment in Owen Sound in May received a 90-day conditional sentence, probation and a driving prohibition. A 46-year-old Owen Sound man pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving while impaired on May 6 in Owen Sound. He participated by audio link to the Owen Sound courtroom, where […]