Category Archives: Owen Sound News
Remains Of Missing Thornbury Man Found
A group of volunteers have found the remains of a missing Thornbury man. OPP say they have received confirmation that human remains found in Georgian Bay Township belong to Eric Spencer, a 60-year-old...
Apr 24, 2024 Image from Please Bring Me Home
Bruce County Holds Second Annual Housing Forum
Bruce County's second Annual Housing Forum is bringing municipal representatives together to address affordability. Commissioner of Community Development Claire Dodds says the forum gathered staff fro...
Apr 24, 2024 Bruce County Housing Forum with Warden Chris Peabody, Commissioner of Community Development Claire Dodds, and CAO Christine MacDonald in April 2024. (Photo provided by Adam Ferguson)
Air Force Training Over Owen Sound Area Today
If you spotted a large, low flying plane circling overhead today, it's a military plane. The Royal Canadian Air Force has been doing some training in the sky over Owen Sound, Georgian Bluffs, and Chat...
Apr 24, 2024 CC130J Hercules refuelling at Owen Sound Billy Bishop Airport. Photo by Claire McCormack
New Dehumidifier, Doors & Other Upgrades Being Completed At Bayshore
Several upgrades are being completed at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre over the next few weeks. City staff say the dehumidifier is being replaced to improve ice quality, a new "community h...
Apr 24, 2024 The Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound. (file photo)
Costly Repairs On The Horizon For Chantry Island Tower In Southampton
The picturesque lighthouse tower on Chantry Island in Southampton is going to need over $ 1million in work. It's one of six 'imperial towers' built in the 1850s on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. Marine ...
Apr 24, 2024 Image from Marine Heritage Society presentation to council
Marine Heritage Society Offering More This Year In Southampton
The Marine Heritage Society in Southampton has some new and improved things to talk about this year. The society launched a new website Monday which highlights all aspects of its work and the marine h...
Apr 23, 2024 Chantry Island. Photo by Claire McCormack
Harrison Park Plan Recommends Eliminating Bird Barns, Letting Royal Swans Die Off
Owen Sound could be doing away with its bird barns at Harrison Park. And the six swans saved during a 2022 avian influenza outbreak, which are direct descendants of swans gifted from King George V in ...
Apr 23, 2024 One of the resident swans goes for a swim in bird sanctuary area at Harrison Park (Matt Hermiz/Bayshore Broadcasting News)
South Bruce OPP Charge Five Following Traffic Stop In Kincardine
South Bruce OPP say multiple people are facing charges following a traffic stop in Kincardine Police say on April 18 at 7:32 p.m., officers stopped to check a vehicle along Durham Street. During the s...
Apr 23, 2024 Drugs and Weapons Seized (Photo provided by South Bruce OPP)
Forest Near Wiarton Now Protected By Nature Conservancy
Sturgeon Bay Forest is now under the protection of Nature Conservancy Canada. The organization announced the acquisition of the lands near Wiarton on April 22, after the property was purchased in late...
Apr 23, 2024 Sturgeon Bay Forest (Photo by Esme Batten)
Break-Ins North of Sauble Beach
Grey Bruce OPP are warning about break-ins to a number of seasonal residences north of Sauble Beach in Saugeen First Nation. Police say on Saturday, April 20th just before 6 a .m. they responded to a ...
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