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Cleanup, investigation underway after fishing boat sinks at Stokes Bay
The Canadian Coast Guard confirmed Friday that a diesel spill is being cleaned up after the Coast Guard responded to a report of a fishing boat sinking at Stokes Bay dock on the Bruce Peninsula. Pollution containment equipment encircles the vessel, while crews are working to remove pollutants using specialized equipment, the Coast Guard said […]
SweetWater Gala concert Wednesday kicks off festival
The SweetWater Gala chamber music concert at Grey Roots kicks off this year’s Sweetwater Music Festival concert series Wednesday, Sept. 11. The festival runs through Sunday, Sept. 15 with some paid-admission concerts, while other concerts and events will be offered for free. Thursday’s concert at 7 p.m. at the Harmony Centre in Owen Sound features […]
Wiarton BIA board may be put on hold if vacancy can’t be filled
South Bruce Peninsula officials plan to go back to the members of the Wiarton BIA in an attempt to fill a vacancy on the organization’s board of management before deciding if the board is put on hold for 2025. At its meeting on Tuesday, town council decided to go back to the membership again with […]
Foraged Fruit and Nuts: Wild Apples & Abundant Acorns | Great Lakes Now
This story is a part of “A Year in the Wild Kitchen of the Great Lakes,” a series in partnership with expert forager Lisa M. Rose, with the mission of nurturing a deeper connection with the natural world through foraging. To get started with your foraging journey, begin here with our “Framework to Sustainable and Safe Practices.”
Autumn brings with it a bounty of fruits and nuts that often go unnoticed in our modern culinary landscape.
Great Lakes Moment: Ten natural wonders of The Great Lakes Way | Great Lakes Now
Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.
The Great Lakes Way is an interconnected set of greenways and water trails stretching from Port Huron, Michigan (at the head of the St.
Former classmates at Ryerson school reminisce at 70th reunion
As the kids headed back to the classroom on Tuesday, a group of former classmates were back where their school journeys all began for them exactly 70 years ago. Close to 25 members of the 1954 morning and afternoon kindergarten classes at Ryerson Public School descended on their old stomping grounds at the base of […]
Colts down Attack 4-3 in Labour Day preseason opener
Beau Jelsma didn’t wait long to start terrorizing the Owen Sound Attack this year. A player who always seems to twist the knife when facing the Bears — though in fairness he’s productive against other competition as well — scored the game-winning goal in the third period as the Barrie Colts topped the Owen Sound […]
Baysox bats explode in winner-take-all game, Owen Sound to play for the NDBL championship
The Owen Sound Baysox are one series away from a championship. On Labour Day Monday, the ‘Sox won a winner-take-all Game 6 in New Lowell with a late offensive explosion, beating the Knights 12-0. After a scoreless first four innings, Owen Sound’s bats came alive. Kirk Gibson sparked the onslaught with a three-run home run […]
Members praise unions at Labour Day parade in Port Elgin
Union solidarity was expressed by the marching feet of an estimated 1,500 people at the annual Labour Day parade in Port Elgin Monday. People watched from the sidewalks on main street under sunny skies on a cool, fall-like morning. Many were family of the estimated two-thirds of parade participants who were local. “They always have our […]
Desboro Fall Fair celebrates rural ways
The 164th Desboro Agricultural Fall Fair parade Saturday was a celebration of country life. In a village of about 100, it attracted likely hundreds of people, many of whom then took in the cattle show, tractor pull, carnival tent with kids’ games, a frog jumping contest on the ball diamond, outhouse hauling races, and traditional […]