Category Archives: Owen Sound News
West Grey Shoots Down Sunday Gun Hunting
West Grey is shooting down a motion to try and bring Sunday gun hunting to the municipality. Council defeated Coun. Scott Foerster's motion to permit gun hunting on Sundays in a recorded vote for thre...
May 07, 2025 Gregory Skylar454 / CC
Owen Sound Water Rate Rising By Five Per Cent
Owen Sound's water rate is increasing by five per cent this summer. City council approved the operations committee-recommended hike at a recent meeting. It will be effective July 1. A staff report say...
May 07, 2025 AlphaBaby / Depositphotos.com
West Grey Mayor Opposes New 'Strong Mayor' Powers
West Grey is opposing the provincial government's expansion of strong mayor powers. Council reviewed the expanded strong mayor powers during its meeting on Tuesday and Mayor Kevin Eccles issued a stat...
May 07, 2025 West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles (Photo from West Grey municipal website)
Chef Zach Keeshig's Naagan Restaurant In Owen Sound On 'Canada's 100 Best' List
Chef Zach Keeshig's Owen Sound restaurant Naagan has been named one of the top new restaurants in the country. Naagan is listed as number 9 in the 'Canada's 100 Best' new restaurants list. It ranked 9...
May 06, 2025 Chef Zach Keeshing, owner of Naagan in Owen Sound (photo courtesy Zach Keeshig)
Water Interruption In Port Elgin Wedesday
Road and infrastructure work is being done on the south end of Goderich Street in Port Elgin, and there's a planned water service disruption Wednesday. The Town says water service to some properties i...
May 06, 2025 Poster from Town of Saugeen Shores
Ridge Street Opens As Alternate Route Through Port Elgin
There's a new road through the west side of Port Elgin. The Town says Ridge Street is now open as an alternate route from Goderich Street (Hwy21) while significant road and infrastructure work is unde...
May 06, 2025 Poster from Town of Saugeen Shores
100 Women Who Care Donates To Victim Services Bruce Grey
The 100 Women Who Care Grey Bruce is supporting Victim Services Bruce Grey with a $33,200 donation. Victim Services Executive Director Jane Hartley says the donation was made at the Bruce County Museu...
May 06, 2025 100 Who Care Donation to Victim Services. Back row left to right - Danielle Thede, Brenda Vanderploeg, Beverlee Gateman,
Peri Ongarato, Yvonne McCutcheon, Pam Kraft
Front row left to right - Lynda Legge, Paula Carere, Jane Hatley, Executive
Director, Victim Services Bruce Grey, Debb Bodkin, Debbie Pegelo. (Photo provided by Jane Hartley)
West Grey To Consider Tender For Normanby Bridge Rehabilitation
West Grey is going to consider issuing a tender for the rehabilitation of a bridge in Normanby. This comes after the structure on Concession 16 was closed in September as a result of its current condi...
May 06, 2025 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Saugeen Shores Will Light Two Soccer Fields With The Help Of Local Football Club
The Saugeen Shores United Football Club is working with the Town to install soccer field lighting that will open up Helliwell Park in Southampton to more use. Jeff Virgo and Brian Binning from the Sau...
May 05, 2025 Southampton's Helliwell Park from Master Plan presentation
Grey Bruce Remembers Local Connections To Netherlands Liberation
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands, marking the end of Nazi occupation there in WWII. In Saugeen Shores, retired local police officer Doug Lein is remembering his fathe...
May 05, 2025 Kenneth Douglas Lein.
Image courtesy of Doug Lein