Category Archives: Owen Sound News

A lot of Owen Sound teen smokers are getting hooked on contraband cigarettes. The latest study of cigarette butts collected around high schools in Ontario and Quebec suggests more and more teens are b...

The shelves at the Salvation Army Food Bank are well stocked again. Officials report they collected 23 thousand pounds of food in Owen Sound (23,637 lbs) and over 10 thousand pounds (10,300 lbs) in Po...

A 17 year old man will appear in court in December after being charged with driving an ATV while impaired on Saugeen First Nation. Bruce Peninsula OPP responded to a crash on Scotch Settlement Road on...

Grey County OPP investigating a bit of a crime spree in Chatsworth. Police believe because of the time frame and location of the incidents, they’re likely related. The spree started with a break...

A million dollar expansion and renovation of the Shallow Lake Community Centre is now officially underway. MP Larry Miller, MPP Bill Murdoch, and Georgian Bluffs Mayor Alan Barfoot took part in a grou...

They are a fixture of rural life in not just Grey Bruce and Huron Counties, but right across the province. They are Co-Operatives. More than a tenth of Ontario’s population are members of credit...

The Walkerton water tragedy has cost the Ontario government 69 million dollars under the “Walkerton Compensation Plan.” It was set up in 2001 in response to the contaminated water disaster...

South Bruce Peninsula Council meets today to talk about how to proceed with hiring a new Chief Administrative Officer. Mayor Gwen Gilbert says they were planning to discuss it at last Tuesday’s ...

South Bruce Council will decide tonight if the ward system will continue to exist in the municipality. Mayor Bill Goetz says two bylaws will be tabled for council to choose. One would see the two ward...

Owen Sound will soon be the owner of a downtown pool hall. The City has a signed offer to purchase Riverside Billiards next to the 9th Street Bridge in a deal that will close in December. The city not...