Category Archives: Owen Sound News
Grey Bruce Public Health Out With Tips For Tick Season
Grey Bruce Public Health is reminding everyone to stay vigilant during tick season. The organization is warning about an expanded risk area for the region for blacklegged ticks, which can transmit Lym...
May 31, 2024 The 2024 Established Risk Areas map showing prevalence of the blacklegged tick in parts of Ontario (image via Ontario Public Health)
Friends From Holland Centre Celebrate $100K Big Spin Win
A pair of friends from Holland Centre are celebrating a $100,000 Big Spin lottery win. Nancy Weir and Robert Simpson have been friends for 13 years, and regularly play the lottery. Weir picked up the ...
May 30, 2024 Robert Simpson and Nancy Weir were only expecting a $20 lottery win on their Big Spin ticket (image via OLG)
Walkerton Tennis & Pickleball Courts Revamp Completed
Updates have been completed to the tennis courts in Walkerton. There's new fencing and lighting, and the courts were resurfaced as well. The project also included the addition of three new pickleball ...
May 30, 2024 Pictured from left to right: Trish Serratore, Chief Financial Officer, Katrina Wei, Brockton Parks and Recreation Committee member, Florence and Don Leatham, Parks and Recreation Sub-Committee members, Councillor Greg McLean, Mayor Chris Peabody, Maureen Schmidt, Parks and Recreation Sub-Committee member, Debi and Ken Coleman, Parks and Recreation Sub-Committee members, Sonya Watson, Chief Administrative Officer, and Brad Thomson, Facilities and Parks Coordinator. (submitted photo)
Sauble Beach Visitor Analysis Shows More Shoulder Season Visitors
A digital tracking system has collected the latest visitor numbers to Sauble Beach and it says the shoulder seasons are getting busier. It also says most people in the area are local, and the majority...
May 30, 2024 RichardBH / CC
Meaford Looks Into Pest Removal Rules For Buildings Set For Demolition
Meaford is looking into having pests removed from sites set for development. Council approved having staff come back with a report after Deputy Mayor Shirley Keaveney brought forward a motion during a...
May 30, 2024 Meaford Council (Image from Meaford YouTube)
Bruce Power Doubles Production Of Cancer-Fighting Medical Isotopes
Bruce Power is doubling its capacity to produce its cancer-fighting medical isotopes. In partnership with Saugeen Ojibway Nation, Isogen, and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE, the company unveiled t...
May 29, 2024 Bruce Power Medical Isotope Production Announcement. Left: Dr. Keith Stewart, Director of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Vice-President, Cancer; Dr. David Kirsch, Head of Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; James Scongack, Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice-President, Operational Services, Bruce Power; Dr. Kevin Smith, President & CEO, University Health Network; Hon. Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario; Mike Rencheck, President and CEO, Bruce Power (outgoing); Hon. Todd Smith, Ontario Minister of Energy; Eric Chassard, President and CEO, Bruce Power (incoming); Chief Greg Nadjiwon, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation; and John D’Angelo, President, Isogen.
Careless Driving Charge In Owen Sound Rollover
One person is facing charges after a vehicle rollover in Owen Sound this morning. Police say it happened on 9th Avenue East, north of 20th Street East at about 8:20 a.m. A Toyota Tacoma pickup failed ...
May 29, 2024 Bayshore News File Photo
Nurses Proposed Schedule To Keep Durham Hospital's Inpatient Unit Open
Nurses at the Durham Hospital proposed a staffing schedule to keep the hospital's inpatient unit open, but it was shot down by South Bruce Grey Health Centre management. The Municipality of West Grey ...
May 29, 2024
Code Of Conduct Questions Raised For Bluewater School Board Trustee
A Bluewater District School Board trustee could be facing disciplinary action after allegedly attending a Zoom meeting from his bathtub, and wearing a "straight pride" t-shirt at another meeting. Boar...
May 29, 2024 Derrick Long (Photo from BWDSB website)
Hanover Chamber Recognizes People, Businesses In Awards Celebration
The annual Hanover Chamber of Commerce Awards Celebration is recognizing the people and businesses who help the community. The chamber handed out the various 2023 awards at the Hanover Legion Tuesday ...
May 29, 2024 Krystal Walser, Ethan Enns, Lana Basson, Olivia Frook (Photo by Nathan Shubert)