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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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Owen Sound Sun Times
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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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by Rob Gowan on (#4NGPX)
The Grey Bruce Health Unit is asking for the public’s help in finding the owner of a dog that bit a person at the beach in Southampton on Aug. 13. At approximately 9 p.m. a woman was bitten by a medium-size brown and black German shepherd. The woman had noticed the dog alone at the […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NFCM)
The powwow grounds at Cape Croker Park have been renamed in honour of Arthur “Butch†Elliott, remembered as a defender of First Nations’ rights who reintroduced drumming to his community. With family members and friends of Elliott in attendance, a renaming ceremony took place Saturday during the 35th annual Neyaashiinigmiing Traditional Powwow. Geewadin Elliott said […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NFCP)
Summerfolk is all about “embracing new acts and welcoming back old friends,†says artistic director James Keelaghan. It’s an important combination, he said Sunday during the 44th annual music and crafts festival at Kelso Beach Park in Owen Sound. “In order for the festival to remain fresh, there needs to be new blood,†he said, […]
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by Frances Learment on (#4NF35)
A 33-year-old Saugeen First Nation man has been charged in connection with the apparent opioid overdose death of a 24-year-old Saugeen First Nation woman Aug. 10. Grey Bruce OPP answers a vital signs absent call at 4:15 a.m., said before paramedics reached the French Bay Rd. address someone gave the woman Naloxone. She was taken […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NDW2)
A 61-year-old Town of the Blue Mountains man has died after police say he was struck by an SUV while crossing Grey Road 19 southeast of Craigleith. While the collision is still being investigated, alcohol is not considered to be a factor, according to a Collingwood-Blue Mountains OPP news release. A post-mortem examination is to […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NDW3)
Community advocacy played a key role in prompting Owen Sound to launch a pilot project aimed at snuffing out cigarette-butt litter in its downtown. “A lot of residents in the city have been concerned with seeing all the butts laying around,†said environmental services supervisor Cassandra Cesco. The city has installed 10 cigarette waste receptacles […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NDW5)
High water levels at Owen Sound’s Kelso Beach Park have forced Summerfolk organizers to make some adjustments to the site plan for the three-day music and crafts festival. “We’ve got an extremely limited backstage area for the performers this year,†artistic director James Keelaghan said Friday afternoon, a few hours before the event opened for […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NDW7)
A local panel discussion about climate change will take place Thursday, Aug. 22, at Harmony Centre in Owen Sound. Panellists include Danielle Valiquette, the local Green Party candidate in the upcoming federal election and a Grey Highlands councillor, Grey County planners Scott Taylor and Hiba Hussain, and Dyan Jones, who recently – and successfully – […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NDW9)
Firefighters put out a small fire in a garbage chute at the 14th Street apartments Thursday night. The call came in between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. after someone smelled smoke on the fifth floor at 305 14th St. W. A number of residents left the building on their own, but the building was not […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NDWB)
The company behind controversial efforts to establish an outdoor marijuana grow site at Neyaashiinigmiing issued a brief statement Thursday touting the economic opportunity lost this year by missing the current growing season. Wiisag co-founder and chief executive officer Joel Strickland emailed the statement to The Sun Times after the paper requested comment the day before […]
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by James Keelaghan on (#4NDWD)
When I became the artistic director of Summerfolk eight years ago, it was all very new to me. I’d been a performing songwriter for most of my life. I played hundreds of folk festivals around the world though and I thought I might have some insight I could bring to the table. Still, on the […]
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by The Sun Times on (#4NDWF)
The Owen Sound Police Service is reminding the public to lock their vehicles and remove their valuables from them after thieves hit two areas of the city on consecutive nights. On Wednesday, vehicles on the northeast section of the city were hit, while on Thursday night thieves hit the southwest area of the city. For […]
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by Greg Cowan on (#4NCMD)
Ryan Jacklin had just set the Canadian under-18 record for the five-kilogram hammer throw, and he had to take a walk. He knew he could throw it farther, but not if he was “keyed up.†“At first I couldn’t calm down,†he said. “I took a walk to clear my head. I tried to have […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NCHK)
The youngest of three teens killed Monday morning when a pickup truck smashed into a tree at the bottom of an embankment near Brussels in Huron County will have his funeral in Owen Sound Saturday. Owen Markus Bakker, 14, of Elmwood was a thoughtful, selfless person, his mother, Sherry Millman-Bakker, said Thursday in an interview. […]
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by Denis Langlois on (#4NCE1)
Greenwood Cemetery is home to some of Owen Sound’s most significant heritage buildings, including a limestone-clad mausoleum, historic red-brick chapel and what is believed to be the city’s oldest stone house. And while the 160-year-old cemetery’s buildings are part of Owen Sound’s heritage registry, they are not currently protected by Ontario Heritage Act legislation. That’s […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NC4T)
The Chatsworth Fall Fair is marking a new beginning. This year’s 157th annual Chatsworth Fall Fair is moving to the Williamsford Community Centre after it was cancelled the past two years following the closure and subsequent demolition of the community centre in the village of Chatsworth. Sharrie Brick, president of the Chatsworth Agricultural Society, said […]
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by Greg Cowan on (#4NC4W)
OWEN SOUND MENS FASTBALL LEAGUE Torrie tosses shut out The Shallow Lake Sting midgets clubbed the Chatsworth 3JBC Yellow Jackets 5-0 Wednesday night at Duncan McLellan Park. Winning pitcher Owen Torrie had 14 strikeouts, Matt Lawrence went three-for-three while Chris McComb homered for the Sting. Pringle almost perfect Mackenzie Pringle was one walk away from […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NBPJ)
Nobody was injured, but a hydro pole had to be repaired after a collision in Georgian Bluffs on Wednesday evening. Just before 8 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP officers were dispatched to the two-vehicle collision involving a grey SUV and a grey car on Stone School Road, north of Highway 6 in the Hepworth area. While […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NBPK)
A woman suffered cuts to her arms and hands after she was struck by a suspected impaired driver while crossing a street in Southampton on Wednesday. Just before 4:30 p.m., Saugeen Shores Police Services responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck on Huron Street. A 62-year-old woman was crossing the road when a […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NBDG)
The body of a man was recovered from a private lake in West Grey after he went missing while canoeing on Wednesday. Just after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Const. Cory Trainor of the West Grey Police Service confirmed the body of the 55-year-old West Grey man had been recovered from the lake. Trainor said the […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NA5H)
This weekend’s powwow at Neyaashiinigmiing is expected to be the biggest in its 35-year history. Neyaashiinigmiing Pwaagngaa will feature up to 20 drum groups, easily triple the number of drums that traditionally have come to the powwow, said Geewadin Elliott, whose father is being honoured at this year’s event. “It’s anticipated that it’s going to […]
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by Don Crosby on (#4NA5K)
Plans to turn the Paisley Inn property into a housing and commercial development have been delayed as the project works its way through planning approvals. At a meeting Monday, Arran-Elderslie council heard that Young Development Corp. is working with BMF Construction, RJD Architect Engineering, Hydro One, the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie and Bruce County to create […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4NA5N)
An extensive search of the waterways has been undertaken after a man went missing while canoeing in West Grey on Wednesday. Members of the West Grey Police Service were dispatched to a residence in the former Normanby Township after receiving a report of a 55-year-old man who went missing while canoeing on a private lake. […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4NA5Q)
Health Canada has withheld a licence sought by Wiisag Corporation to operate its proposed cannabis plantation, newly elected band councillor Geewadin Elliott said Wednesday. “My understanding is that Health Canada will not be issuing a licence to Wiisag, hence it will be stopping the project from moving forward … due to council’s intervention in the […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4N9KZ)
A Collingwood man charged with two counts of second-degree murder at a Collingwood public housing complex last January has a preliminary hearing scheduled for December. The OPP charged Cameron Gardiner, 57, of 805 Matthew Way, with second-degree murder in the deaths of Dean Copkov and Donovan Bass on Jan. 22 in Collingwood. Collingwood OPP said […]
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by Rob Gowan on (#4N9FB)
A vehicle reported stolen from a West Grey residence on Tuesday morning was found on fire in a field later in the day. Just after 5:30 a.m., West Grey police received a report that a Ford Escape had been stolen overnight from a Concession 2 West Grey residence. At about 1 p.m., police received a […]
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by Scott Dunn on (#4N99K)
A man who was checking on his vacant Owen Sound property called police when he interrupted two men who were stealing from his garage. There were two unknown vehicles there and two men were exiting his garage with allegedly stolen items at this southeast Owen Sound location just before 11 a.m. Tuesday. The property owner […]
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by Greg Cowan on (#4N99M)
OWEN SOUND MEN’S FASTBALL LEAGUE Astros top Rams in playoffs Tuesday, the Allenford Astros beat the Owen Sound Rams 3-2 in the first game of the OSMFL playoffs. Scott Charlton and Dan McComb combined to take the loss for Rams, while Ryan Greig pitched the win for Allenford. Charlton and McComb gave up three walks, […]
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