Author Archives: Bayshore News Team
Pumpkin Seed Spitting Contest Goes Online
Port Elgin's Pumpkinfest may be online this year, but the Pumpkin seed spitting contest will not be stopped. Because of the ongoing pandemic, Pumpkinfest will be held online with a live webcast of the...
Aug 17, 2020
Grey Bruce Talks To Ministries At AMO Conference This Week
Municipalities in Grey Bruce are taking part in the Association of Municipalities of Ontario's 2020 AMO Conference this week. From Monday, (Aug17) to Wednesday, (Aug19), Warden Paul McQueen and a numb...
Aug 17, 2020
August 17th Scoreboard: Scores From August 16th
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs East Quarterfinals at Toronto Philadelphia Flyers 1 Montreal Canadiens 0 ( The Flyers lead the best of 7; 2-1 ) New York Islanders 2 Washington Capitals 1 (OT) ( The Islanders...
Aug 17, 2020
Owen Sound Road Closure For Sewer Repair
The Owen Sound Public Works department is closing 9th Street West between 6th Avenue West and 7th Avenue West today, Monday, August 17th due to an emergency sanitary sewer repair. The City says the no...
Aug 17, 2020
Overdose Awareness Month Comes As Deaths Increase In Grey Bruce
Public Health Grey Bruce says August marks Overdose Awareness Month, and it comes amid an increase in fatal overdoses in the area. A media release notes there have been two overdose alerts in the past...
Aug 17, 2020
Saugeen Shores' Grant Applications For YMCA, Lamont Sports Park Denied
Saugeen Shores will now have to explore new options to finance the Lamont Sports Park and a potential YMCA recreation facility, after applications for federal/provincial grant dollars were turned down...
Aug 17, 2020
CFL Loan Denied
The Canadian Football League request for a $30 million interest-free loan from the federal government has been denied. The $30 million loan request was to be used to pay players, establish a Winnipeg-...
Aug 17, 2020
PGA Wyndham Championship
PGA Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina Jim Herman won by 1 stroke over Billy Horschel Horschel missed a 12 foot putt on the 18th that would have forced a playo...
Aug 17, 2020
Fire In Sauble Beach Claims The Life Of A 17 Year Old
A fire in Sauble Beach has claimed the life of a 17 year old girl. South Bruce Peninsula Fire Chief Normand Beauchamp says in a statement the blaze broke out in a bunkie she was sleeping in early Satu...
Aug 17, 2020
No New COVID-19 Cases In Grey Bruce Sunday
Public Health says there were no new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Sunday (Aug16). That makes six confirmed active cases and 127 cases to date. 115 cases have recovered and six have been referred to ...
Aug 17, 2020