Category Archives: Owen Sound News
Northern Bruce Peninsula Requests More Information Before Possible MAT Expansion
Northern Bruce Peninsula is looking for more information before possibly expanding the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT). Council approved requesting a report come back on expanding the MAT during a m...
Feb 27, 2024 Northern Bruce Peninsula Council (Image from Northern Bruce Peninsula YouTube)
Owen Sound Memoir Series Hosts Valerie Jerome: Olympic Sprinter, Educator, And Author
The Owen Sound Public Library is continuing its Memoir Series by welcoming a one-time Olympian to the city. The Owen Sound Memoir Series will feature author Valerie Jerome. Jerome competed for Canada ...
Feb 27, 2024 Cover art for Races: The Trials & Triumphs of Canada's Fastest Family by Valerie Jerome (photo via Goose Lane Editions)
Owen Sound Wants You To Report Potholes That Need Attention
As we head into warmer spring weather, the city's potholes are making their presence known. Potholes develop when water gets under the top layer of asphalt, and the water has a chance to freeze and ex...
Feb 26, 2024
BIA Meeting Tonight To Envision Future Of Downtown Wiarton
The Wiarton Business Improvement Area (BIA) is holding a strategic planning session tonight. The goal is to shape the future of downtown Wiarton. The Town says in a post, it's a crucial stage in the s...
Feb 26, 2024 File Photo 2021 from Town of South Bruce Peninsula
Saugeen Shores To Consider Year Round Plex Ice
Saugeen Shores councillors will hear a report this evening about year-round ice at the Plex in Port Elgin. Town staff will outline options and recommendations after a group of residents made a detaile...
Feb 26, 2024 Markus Spiske / Unsplash
Hundreds In Grey Bruce Take Part In Coldest Night Of The Year Walks
The annual Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) walk is seeing massive support across the region. A number of walks were held across Grey Bruce on Saturday as part of the national annual fundraiser in sup...
Feb 26, 2024 Meaford CNOY Event. From left to right, Peggy McIntosh, Ross Kentner, Kristy Andre. (Photo provided by Kristy Andre)
Grey Highlands Aims For Provincial Grant For Markdale Reconstruction Project
Grey Highlands is going after some provincial funding to help with a reconstruction project in Markdale. Council approved partnering with GrantMatch to prepare an application to the Ministry of Infras...
Feb 26, 2024 Grey Highlands Council (Photo from Grey Highlands YouTube)
Tom Thomson Art Gallery Launches Self-Guided Walking Tour
The Tom Thomson Art Gallery is launching a self-guided walking tour. The Living Histories self-guided walking tour was developed by local historian and writer Richard J. Thomas. The purpose of the tou...
Feb 25, 2024 The Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound. (Matt Hermiz/Bayshore Broadcasting News)
Northern Bruce Peninsula To Review Responses To Potential MAT Expansion
Northern Bruce Peninsula will be looking at responses from residents to possible changes to the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT). The responses from residents comes after a 120-day period where peopl...
Feb 25, 2024 (Image from Northern Bruce Peninsula website.)
No One Injured In Chatsworth House Fire
No one was injured in a house fire in Chatsworth Township on Friday. Chatsworth Fire Chief Mike Givens says they responded to the blaze along Highway 10 in Berkeley with the Grey Highlands Fire Depart...
Feb 24, 2024 Chatsworth Fire Department (Image from Chatsworth municipal website)