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by Rob Gowan on (#4P4DP)
Police are looking for the public’s help identifying the driver a vehicle involved in a collision with a pedestrian in Owen Sound on Monday afternoon. At about 4:30 p.m. a local woman was walking in the parking lot of a convenience store at the corner of 6th Street East and 2nd Avenue East when she […]
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by Greg Cowan on (#4P33J)
Since he was 13-years-old Josh Samanski has been chasing his hockey dreams miles away from home. The German national first moved four hours away from his hometown to play in the Mannheim junior system. He lived in a dorm building with the other transplanted players. He then moved to Brantford last year at 16 and […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4P2X7)
Five of the six federal election candidates running in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound say they will be at anupcoming all-candidates meeting focused on the environment and Canada’s Green New Deal. Liberal candidate Michael Den Tandt, Green candidate Danielle Valiquette and NDP candidate Chris Stephens had all committed to participate in the meeting, to be held on Sept. […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4P2X8)
Owen Sound intends to hold a new, one-day community festival after work wraps up on the Downtown River Precinct project, which city officials say will be about two weeks later than originally planned. The $3 million project to revitalize part of 1st Avenue East next to the Sydenham River is now expected to be finished […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4P2XA)
Georgian College is calling on Owen Sound residents to offer rooms to international students who start school next week. The college expects about 65 international students to attend the Owen Sound campus, both new and returning students to the city. The college partners with Canada Homestay Nework for students who are looking for more than […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4P2XC)
When 13-year-old Logan King got his lake trout into the boat after a 20-minute fight on Monday evening, those onboard knew he had a contender for the lead in the trout category at the 32nd annual Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular. But they were in a race against time as the 10 p.m. closing of the […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4P2MT)
Owen Sound’s police service is set to launch a mobile crisis response team this fall as the department continues to grapple with an “exponential increase†in mental health-related calls for service and associated costs, says Chief Craig Ambrose. “We can’t continue to do business the way we have been, especially when it comes to mental […]
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by Greg Cowan on (#4P2GJ)
Hancock begins life as a Badger Former Owen Sound Attack and London Knights centre Kevin Hancock will join the Brock Badgers varsity hockey team for the 2019-20 U SPORTS season. Hancock joins fellow former OHLer Jordan Sambrook in the Badgers’ most recent recruiting class. The Mississauga native finished fifth in OHL scoring with 52 goals […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4P1VJ)
A fire that destroyed a building at the former Sauble Beach Fun World on the weekend has been deemed suspicious and police continue to investigate. Grey Bruce OPP were patrolling the community at 1:30 a.m. Saturday when they saw the building at 701 Main St. fully engulfed by fire, with flames estimated to be 50 […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4P0TY)
The “best-case scenario†start date for an Owen Sound-to-Guelph bus service won’t be realized after the city received no compliant bids from transit operators. But Dennis Kefalas, director of public works and engineering, said the city is still hoping to launch the provincially funded daily service this year. “We’re doing what we can to get […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4P0NK)
Family of a young couple killed south of Tobermory exactly two years ago returned to the crash scene Monday to mark their deaths at a roadside memorial and remind speeders how lives are devastated by their recklessness. A memorial cross and flowers have been placed where the couple’s SUV burned up, leaving virtually no remains. […]
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by Greg Cowan on (#4P0K4)
Fresh ice, wide eyes, and clashing equipment colours. Rookie camp was back at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Monday. The first of a few soft starts to the Owen Sound Attack’s 2019-20 campaign began with the team’s complement of prospects vying for a spot on the main camp roster. It’s a bit of a log jam. […]
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by The Sun Times on (#4P0G5)
Tara takes GBLFL title On a beautiful night for fastball in Allenford, with the stands packed, the Tara Ladies went toe-to-toe against the Desboro Bulldogs and came out on top 6-4 to take the Grey Bruce Ladies Fastball League title. Tara’s Christie Goudy matched the Bulldogs’ LeeAnn Cochrane in the circle. Both pitchers had nine […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4P0B4)
When Wayne Hollett arrived at the Georgian Shores Marina around noon on Friday, he figured there wasn’t much point heading out on the water to fish, since it was the middle of the day. After getting the boat in the water, Hollett’s seven-year-old grandson Lukas asked if they could go out for a ride around […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NYBG)
Hannah Woodhouse’s name is becoming a common sight in the record books for the Subaru Bayshore Race. The 22-year-old from Clarksburg set the women’s 10-kilometre record in the 10th annual installment of the race, which started and finished at the Owen Sound hospital on Sunday, crossing the finish line in 35 minutes, nine seconds. The […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NYBJ)
Heather Clark has fished in the Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular for 31 of its 32 years. On Sunday, the 61-year-old Haliburton woman landed by far the biggest fish she had caught in the event, a 24.34-pound fish that was the third largest fish caught at the event since it opened at 12:01 a.m. on Friday […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NX09)
The big fish at Queen’s Park made an appearance at the Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular late Saturday afternoon. Ontario Premier Doug Ford made an unannounced visit to the derby headquarters under the big tent at the Georgian Shores Marina where he met with derby officials, posed for photographs and even served up some fish during […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NWRH)
They boarded their flights mostly nervous and quiet, but by the time they landed about a half an hour later, many of the youngsters at the Wiarton Keppel International Airport on Saturday were happy and chatty. Close to 100 children and youth took part in the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association Flight 68’s COPA for […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NW4E)
The biggest salmon seen in years at the Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular has taken the lead after the first day of the 2019 event. Wayne Hollett of Wroxeter’s 29.5-pound catch replaced Kevin Delano’s fish in the display freezer at the derby headquarters later Friday, after Delano weighed in a 25-lb. fish at about noon on […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NV8Z)
Shawn Manarey said his life took an unexpectedly happy turn when he was sent to prison after he robbed a pharmacy in Hanover two years ago. He was 35 and of no fixed address when police charged him with robbery and wearing a disguise to rob a Pharma Plus store, for which he received at […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NV91)
Hundreds of rare and unique vehicles are just weeks away from rolling into the area for the Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance. This year’s event, being presented by Porsche, will mark its seventh year on Sept. 14 and 15 with 19 classes and a total of 112 classic, vintage and rare vehicles gracing the 18th fairway […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NV93)
Bruce Power professional workers’ union members “overwhelmingly†voted in favour of a new collective agreement. A tentative agreement was reached Aug. 12 to avert what would have been the first strike involving the Society of United Professionals at Bruce Power. “We wouldn’t have been able to reach this agreement without our members’ deep involvement in […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NV51)
Engine trouble out on the water early Friday morning meant Chris Carr, his daughter Hannah, 6, and Kevin Delano didn’t get nearly as far out on Georgian Bay as they wanted to. But it worked out for the anglers, as Delano is the early leader at the 32nd annual Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular after weighing […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NRZV)
A 37-year-old Owen Sound man with a recent conviction for distributing child pornography was sentenced Thursday to 3 ½ years in custody after he pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and making it available online. Jeffrey Allen Ricketts admitted the charges laid after an OPP child exploitation unit investigation for offences between Aug. 29 and […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NRX3)
The province’s decision to freeze Ontario Works program funding at 2018 levels has forced Grey County to postpone the planned launch this year of a pilot project aimed at helping to lift people out of poverty, according to county officials. Warden Selwyn Hicks said the county had hoped to initiate Circles – a poverty alleviation […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NRS6)
Owen Sound now has a firmer timeline for the 10th Street bridge replacement project. Dennis Kefalas, director of public works and engineering, said contractor Looby Builders will begin mobilizing equipment and workers for the $8.68-million project in just over two weeks and will be closing the bridge to traffic starting the week of Sept. 23. […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NRNN)
A country music duo whose lives have been a whirlwind the past couple of years are looking forward to slowing things down during an intimate and exclusive show in Southampton. Siblings Jenna and Stuart Walker, who make up the award-winning Canadian country music act The Reklaws, will be performing a set on Friday evening for […]
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by The Sun Times on (#4NR9F)
West Grey Police are investigating an incident of arson that damaged a washroom at the Durham Conservation Area. Police were dispatched to the conservation area on Wednesday after the overnight fire caused severe damage to the women’s washroom. The fire was already out when police arrived, but it appears someone lit the paper towel dispenser […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NPJ3)
The Attack logo was painted Wednesday at centre ice at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, signalling the OHL season is fast approaching.
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NPJ5)
The Grey Bruce Health Unit expects it will lose $1.1 million in provincial funding next year under the Progressive Conservative government’s plan to change the funding formula for public health services, including for those now covered exclusively by the province. But medical officer of health Dr. Ian Arra said the health unit will be able […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NPJ6)
A 37-year-old man charged after a standoff near Sauble Beach Tuesday told court Wednesday morning that he wants to take all of his charges to trial. James Robert Scott Walker participated in the court process by speakerphone in an Owen Sound courtroom, while he remained in custody in the Grey Bruce OPP detachment in Wiarton. […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NPF7)
A pot shop proposal for Collingwood is the closest to Owen Sound among a batch of 42 new store locations preliminarily selected Wednesday to open by Oct. 1 in Ontario. Richmond Hill business lawyer Louis Laskovski said he has many documents to submit, and must apply to operate a retail premises and receive approval for […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NPFB)
The tent is up and now it awaits the thousands of anglers and tens of thousands of others who will make their way down to the water’s edge for the 10 days of the Sydenham Sportsmen’s Association’s 32nd Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular. Approximately 50 volunteers, including a large contingent of about 30 from the Bruce […]
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by Cheryl Heath, For Postmedia News on (#4NNQV)
The Saugeen Memorial Hospital Foundation’s second-annual Gran Fondo, presented by Bruce Power, surpassed expectations. Tracy Murray, the foundation’s executive director, told participants at Southampton’s flagpole Sunday afternoon that the planning committee was hoping for 850 riders to come aboard, instead the event filled up with 1,000 participants. Better yet for the foundation, the fundraising goal […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NNDC)
A 37-year-old South Bruce Peninsula man faces charges in connection with a standoff with police between Sauble Beach and Hepworth early Tuesday morning. Charges were expected to be laid against the man at a bail hearing on Wednesday, after he was taken into custody following what police called a “high risk situation involving a weapon.†[…]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NM5Z)
With classes resuming in less than two weeks, the local United Way says its annual back-to-school campaign is in “desperate need†of larger backpacks for high school-aged boys. “With the way that our backpack order went in, we had a lot of smaller backpacks and we had a lot of feminine-coloured backpacks,†said Sarah Raynsford, […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NKZB)
Grey County is asking the province to allow Georgian College to offer an entire bachelor of science in nursing program at its Owen Sound campus. A delegation, which included Grey County Warden Selwyn Hicks and Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy, requested support for the plan from both Ross Romano, minister of training, colleges and universities, […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NKV3)
Provincial requests to conservation authorities Friday to “wind down†what it called non-core programs won’t save the province any money and its new funding approach risks creating an inferior patchwork system of watershed protection. That’s the assessment of the interim general manager of the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority, Tim Lanthier, who while reluctant to say […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NKV5)
Local children and youth are being invited to polish up their skateboards, bicycles and scooters and head out to the Kiwanis Bike and Skate Park on Saturday. The Owen Sound Police Service and The Kiwanis Club of Owen Sound are co-hosting their sixth annual SK8 JAM at the venue at Victoria Park from noon to […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NKV7)
The annual Subaru Bayshore Race will mark its 10th year running on Sunday. The event, which includes 5-kilometre, 10-km and half marathon runs, a 5-km fun walk and 10-km power walk and a 1-km kids run is being held at the Owen Sound hospital for the second year in a row, where participants will get […]
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by The Sun Times on (#4NJT2)
Police have identified a man who died after being struck while crossing the street in The Blue Mountains on Friday. Brent Donald Smith, 56, from The Blue Mountains was taken to hospital after the collision where he was later pronounced dead. Just before 10 p.m. on Friday, OPP officers were dispatched to Grey Road 19 […]
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by The Sun Times on (#4NJMW)
A male was taken into custody Tuesday morning after an overnight standoff in South Bruce Peninsula, between Sauble Beach and Hepworth. On Monday, just before midnight, Grey Bruce OPP were called to what they called a high risk situation involving a weapon at an address on Bruce Road 8, which is the main road to […]
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by The Sun Times on (#4NH9J)
Items estimated to be worth more than $10,000 have been reported stolen from a residence in Ayton. West Grey police were dispatched to a property of Sideroad 10 on Sunday after receiving a report of a break and enter. The victim reported leaving the residence in the early morning hours on Saturday and when he […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NH9M)
The number of drug overdoses keeps rising in Grey-Bruce. A barbecue at Safe ‘n Sound Friday will acknowledge those who have died by opioid overdose and promote free Naloxone drug nasal kits, which buy opioid overdose victims 20 or 30 minutes in which to get to hospital to save their life. Some who have attended […]
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by The Sun Times on (#4NH9P)
A man sustained life-threatening injuries after falling from the back of a moving golf cart in Point Clark on Monday. The man had been sitting on the back of the golf cart on Victoria Road when he stood up and stepped off the cart while it was still in motion, causing him to strike his […]
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by The Sun Times on (#4NH5G)
The Owen Sound (Bittel) Foodland Hawks bantams won the Western Ontario Baseball Association’s Doc Miller Championship on Sunday. For four of the team members – Jesse Bittel, Jack Diaz, Bennett Lines and Austin Robbins – it was the second consecutive title. And it was once again St. Marys that the city squad defeated in the […]
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