Category Archives: Owen Sound News
Southampton High Street Survey Deadline This Week
Wednesday is the deadline for a survey on plans to make changes to Southampton's High Street. Changes have been in discussion since at least 2021, when the Business Improvement Area budgeted $20,000 f...
Sep 03, 2024 Part of the drawing of proposed changes
Southampton Beach Now Safe For Swimming
Public Health Grey Bruce has lifted the no-swimming advisory for Southampton Beach. The health unit says it has received the results of a new series of beach water samples tested over the Labour Day l...
Sep 03, 2024 A section of the beach in Southampton. Photo by Claire McCormack
No Serious Injuries In Three-Vehicle Collision In Northern Bruce Peninsula
No serious injures were reported in a three vehicle collision in Northern Bruce Peninsula on Friday. Fire Chief Jack Burt says they, along with Grey Bruce OPP and other emergency services responded to...
Sep 03, 2024
Police Seek Tips After Recent Robbery At Georgian Bluffs Business
The OPP have put out a call for tips after a robbery at a business just outside of Owen Sound. Grey Bruce OPP say they received a report of a robbery at a business on Highway 6/21 in Georgian Bluffs o...
Sep 03, 2024 Faces of three suspects in recent Georgian Bluffs robbery investigation. (images supplied by OPP)
Driver Charged After Collision In Kincardine
The OPP have charged a driver after a single vehicle collision in Kincardine last night. Police say they were called to the incident on Bruce Road 23 just after 10 p.m. Monday evening. The driver wasn...
Sep 03, 2024
Man Charged For Alleged "Mini-Bike" Theft In Walkerton
Provincial Police say they've made an arrest in relation to a theft investigation southern Bruce County. South Bruce OPP say they received a report of a mini-bike being stolen from a property along Co...
Sep 03, 2024 OPP Logo
Bruce County To Consider Extending Terms Of Warden, Deputy Warden
Bruce County council is going to consider amending a by-law to extend the role of Warden and Deputy Warden to a two-year term. This comes following a Striking Committee meeting on Aug. 1 which propose...
Sep 03, 2024
Annual McDonald's Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular Wraps Up
The annual McDonald's Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular is being deemed a success as it sets new records. The 10-day event wrapped up over the long weekend which Derby Co-Chair Chris Geberdt says welcomed...
Sep 03, 2024 Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular (Photo by Nathan Shubert)
West Grey Talks Healthcare, Infrastructure At AMO
Local healthcare and infrastructure projects were at the top of the list for West Grey to address during the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference. Mayor Kevin Eccles and re...
Sep 03, 2024 West Grey AMO from left to right: Councillors: Geoffrey Shea, Scott Foerster, Doug Townsend, Mayor Kevin Eccles, and representatives from the Ontario Medical Association. (Photo provided by West Grey)
GBPH Partnership With Lion's Club Helps With Vision Screening Success
Grey Bruce Public Health says that they've had success in vision screening for senior kindergarten students thanks to a community partnership. Senior Public Health Manager Dr. Chimere Okoronkwo says t...
Sep 02, 2024