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by Rob Gowan on (#6WB42)
Listeners in Grey-Bruce can expect a vast variety of musical genres when they dial into 92.3 FM Zoomer Radio: The Original Greatest Hits. More than a year after the announcement that ZoomerMedia was purchasing the CJOS 92.3 FM radio station in Owen Sound from Bell Media, the new station was prepared to launch at 6 [...]
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Owen Sound Sun Times
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Updated | 2025-04-01 21:48 |
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by The Sun Times on (#6WAZ0)
Thousands of people in Grey-Bruce remain without power Tuesday and are going on a third day in the dark following this past weekend's ice storm. Hydro One crews and contractors have restored power to over 667,000 customers since late Friday night when the ice storm began. Hydro One expected power to be restored to most [...]
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by Rob Gowan on (#6WAWB)
The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority and Grey Sauble Conservation Authorities have issued flood watches for their watersheds, with water levels expected to rapidly rise when rain in the forecast for Wednesday hits the region. On Tuesday morning, Saugeen Conservation upgraded its flood outlook issued on Friday to a flood watch with 20 to 40 millimetres [...]
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by The Sun Times on (#6WA7X)
The Grey Sauble Conservation Authority is warning of the potential for bridges to be flooded and access to be restricted in the area of the Beaver River in the coming days. On Monday afternoon, the conservation authority issued a flood watch for the Beaver River due to the significant snow melt and recent rains, which [...]
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by Christopher Nardi on (#6WAWC)
Conservative leader says he won't stop criticizing the incumbent government for its 'lost Liberal decade'
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by The Sun Times on (#6WA7Y)
Police are looking for a blue GMC pick-up truck with some front-end damage after it was involved in a break and enter at rural property in Brockton on Saturday. Just before 10 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of the break-in at the property on Sideroad 20 North. The owner of the property arrived [...]
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by The Sun Times on (#6WA7Z)
Three men charged in connection with the death of Owen Sound businessman Sharif Rahman in August 2023 will have preliminary hearings in Scotland this week. A spokesperson with the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service confirmed on Monday that the preliminary hearings for the extradition of Robert Evans, 24, Robert Busby Evans, 47, and Barry Evans, [...]
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by Greg Cowan on (#6WA5H)
Hydro One says it's all hands on deck" as crews clean up after this weekend's ice storm, but those without power in Grey-Bruce may be left in the dark for a few more days. Right now, for the Bruce and Grey counties, we are estimating it may be a few days to get the power [...]
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by Rob Gowan on (#6WA38)
Akiwenzie says she is running for the Green Party because of her passion for the environment
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by Randy Richmond on (#6WA02)
The Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre is hours away from shutting down the Jordan's Principle program
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by Ryan Pyette, The London Free Press on (#6W9X8)
The Owen Sound Attack will return home to the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre stuck two games against the league-leading London Knights. Take away the first period of both games at Canada Life Place, and you can say the Young Bears are running right with the top dogs. The Attack have been outscored 7-0 in [...]
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by Greg Cowan on (#6W9X9)
BARONS BACK-TO-BACK POLLOCK CHAMPS For the second-straight season, the Hanover Barons are Pollock Division champions. The PJHL squad ousted the upstart Fergus Whalers in five games to take the best-of-seven division championship series. It's been another dominant season for the Barons, who finished atop the division in the regular season and cruised through the postseason. [...]
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by The Sun Times on (#6W9XA)
A youth has been arrested and police continue to work to apprehend other suspects involved in a theft at a convenience store on Owen Sound's west side on Friday. Five masked people entered a store and immediately began placing items in their backpacks before fleeing the store, Owen Sound police said in a news release. [...]
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by Ryan Pyette on (#6W9TY)
The personal five-point outing was great. But Denver Barkey's most important job Sunday had nothing to do with scoring.
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by Scott Dunn on (#6W9CR)
Gardening is for everyone, organizer says
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by Scott Dunn on (#6W99T)
Efforts to restore power, clean up downed trees continue
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by Scott Dunn on (#6W91Q)
"The problem that I see is the pendulum's probably swung too far," city police chief said.
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by The Sun Times on (#6W8VA)
Grey Bruce OPP charged a 16-year-old driver after a serious collision involving a farm tractor and an SUV on Grey Road 9 in Southgate Township Friday afternoon. A 39-year-old driver from Durham was transported to a trauma centre for injuries later deemed not life-threatening. Police charged the 16-year-old, of Conn, who was driving the tractor, [...]
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by Ryan Pyette on (#6W99V)
If anybody is going to hang with the London Knights in the playoffs, they better play right until the buzzer
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by The Sun Times on (#6W8E7)
A motion at Grey County to mark Agnes Macphail Day in the county was deferred on Thursday due to the absence of the councillor who put the motion forward. At council's last meeting on March 13, West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles served a notice of motion that he planned to ask the county to proclaim [...]
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by Rob Gowan on (#6W8E8)
Grey County plans to go to the public with a proposal to transfer several county roads running through settlement areas to the lower tiers, along with a handful of exchanges of rural roads between the county and its municipalities. During its committee of the whole meeting on Thursday, county council gave approval in principle to [...]
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by Scott Dunn on (#6W8E9)
Nationally, opinion polls show Liberals are now in the lead
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by Jeff Carter, Ontario Farmer on (#6W8BR)
Private landowners can support effort
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by Scott Dunn on (#6W7PA)
Annual report on freedom of information requests received by city committee
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by Rob Gowan on (#6W7M8)
Grey County has followed suit with Owen Sound and will reduce the tax ratio for its multi-residential property class. County council approved a motion on Thursday to bring forward its 2025 tax policy bylaw after reducing the multi-residential tax ratios, considered the final step in setting the county's taxation policy for 2025. The reduction of [...]
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by Greg Cowan on (#6W7M9)
The Municipal Innovation Council, formed in 2020 as a collaborative effort of most of Bruce County's lower-tier municipalities, is winding down operations this month. The time was right at the five-year mark. We have some great projects that we can illustrate the value of the partnership with, but it was a good time to integrate [...]
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by The Sun Times on (#6W77Z)
The driver of a commercial vehicle was charged with impaired driving after a crash closed Highway 10 in Chatsworth early Wednesday morning. Grey Bruce OPP received a report just after 4:30 a.m. that a commercial vehicle had crashed into a hydro pole along the highway. Officers determined the driver of the transport truck involved was [...]
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by Greg Cowan on (#6W756)
The Owen Sound Attack could count themselves among the greatest underdog stories ever told if they somehow manage to beat the London Knights.
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by Greg Cowan on (#6W780)
Bruce nuclear site expansion called a big dream, but an achievable one. This is an installment in our How Canada Wins series.
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by Rob Gowan on (#6W6PW)
Bruce Power is investigating and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation has raised concerns after a large number of a fish known as gizzard shad died after becoming trapped in the nuclear power plant's intake channel last month. The operator of the generating station near Tiverton announced on Feb. 14 that it had removed its Unit 2 [...]
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by The Sun Times on (#6W6PX)
Police are now looking to speak with a person who was at a Markdale business at the same time as a suspect who is alleged to have committed a robbery. The incident occurred at approximately 9:15 p.m. on March 20 at a business on Toronto Street. The suspect entered the business, told the victim it [...]
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by The Sun Times on (#6W6PY)
Human remains found in the area of the Southampton harbour have been identified as belonging to Brendan Martin. A postmortem conducted at the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service identified the remains after they were discovered by members of the Saugeen Shores Police Service during a search on March 16. Martin's family and members of the Please [...]
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by The Sun Times on (#6W6M1)
An arrest has been made after over $1,000 worth of alcohol was stolen from the LCBO in Meaford on Jan. 8. A 24-year-old Brampton man was located, arrested and charged on March 11 thanks to tips from the public, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release. The accused has been charged with theft under [...]
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by The Sun Times on (#6W6M2)
Two youths from Scarborough have been arrested and charged in relation to a theft and assault at a business on the Sunset Strip just west of Owen Sound last summer. A 17-year-old was charged with two counts of robbery with violence and two counts of assault with a weapon, while a 15-year-old was charged with [...]
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by Jeff Carter, Ontario Farmer on (#6W6M3)
A team at the University of Waterloo hope to expand their wetland research and develop a collaborative relationship with Ontario landowners
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by Scott Dunn on (#6W6ER)
The plow company has a plant in Mount Forest
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by Ryan Pyette on (#6W6ES)
LFP's Ryan Pyette handicaps the first-round matchups of the OHL playoffs, which kick off on Thursday.
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by The Sun Times on (#6W5TR)
Shawn Everitt, a longtime employee of The Blue Mountains, is Meaford's newest chief administrative officer (CAO). Meaford officials announced Tuesday that Everitt will begin in the role at the start of a two-year contract on April 8. He has more than 30 years of municipal experience from The Blue Mountains, where he has held leadership [...]
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by Valerie MacDonald, Ontario Farmer on (#6W5TS)
Rules to get those yellow stickers have been tightened since October, 2024
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by Scott Dunn on (#6W5MD)
City also provides space to store the displays and helps with set-up and tear-down
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by Rahim Mohamed on (#6W5ME)
Carney had rolled out a similar GST cut for first-time home buyers on homes sold at or under $1 million
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by Christopher Nardi on (#6W5H4)
Hostile threat actors will be using more sophisticated methods than in the 2021 election that will be even harder to detect, according to Canadian security officials
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by Scott Dunn on (#6W53S)
Owen Sound council voted Monday to extend the GOST transit service, which connects Owen Sound and Guelph, by one year to March 31, 2026. The provincially funded service - Guelph-Owen Sound Transit - was to have ended at the end of this month but some funding remains unspent and with higher than expected fare revenue, [...]
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by Scott Dunn on (#6W53T)
But helping renters will add $36 to homeowners' tax bills
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by Greg Cowan on (#6W50S)
The Sacred Heart Crusaders turned heartbreak into gold. A year after going 0-3 at the regional high school championship, the Walkerton school's varsity boys' hockey team went undefeated at the 2025 OFSAA championships and won the A/AA provincial title in Sudbury. The Crusaders went 6-0 at the 16-team provincial tournament and outscored opponents 30-12, winning [...]
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by Ian Cumming, Ontario Farmer on (#6W4YH)
1100-1200 cows are needed per digester, but other livestock manure will work, along with field waste such as soybean and corn stalks, or cover crops
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by The Sun Times on (#6W4PS)
Oxenden's Julian Smith is celebrating winning a silver medal with teammates at the Canadian Ski Nationals this past Friday in Canmore. Smith, who trains at the National Team Development Centre in Thunder Bay, competed in a relay race on March 21 with Ontario teammates Katy Semeniuk, Luke Allan, and Anna Stewart. Teams of four (two [...]
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by Greg Cowan on (#6W4PT)
The Owen Sound Attack have earned the right to play in the Ontario Hockey League's postseason for the 14th straight year. That's the second-longest active playoff streak in the OHL behind the London Knights, whom they'll face in the first round. It was close. Owen Sound didn't clinch a playoff spot until the final day [...]
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by Stewart Lewis on (#6W4W8)
Canadian voters have the opportunity to participate in what could be a very closely contested federal election. Here's how
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