Category Archives: Owen Sound News

Construction crews were busy this August in Saugeen Shores. Chief Building Official Jim Bell says the town issued 31 permits worth two million dollars — more than last year’s August at 16 ...

The Blue Mountains is looking to gain recognition for youth. Youth Advisor Joanna Garland is heading up the application so the town can be named a Youth Friendly Community. The initiative is through P...

If you want more information about university — you can find it out tomorrow. St. Mary’s High School in Owen Sound is hosting a special information program for parents and students from 9 ...

Several Bruce County Salvation Army Food Banks will have more food soon. The 12th annual Bruce Area Solid Waste Recycling Association (BASWRA) food drive is over. General Manager Vince Cascone says ov...

Bruce County Council is pressing ahead with a planning amendment that could see major changes to a road on the Bruce Peninsula. The amendment changes the county official plan to designate the West Roa...

It is still years away, but Ontario Power Generation is taking the initial steps to get a BILLION dollar facility approved for the Bruce site to bury nuclear waste. The project is called the Deep Geol...

There was a Grey County flavour to the International Plowing Match in Earlton. Brian Davenport of Owen Sound placed 9th in the Ontario Plowing Championship. His daughter Carrie finished 4th in the Jun...

One local manufacturer is beginning to recall workers laid off earlier this year when the recession hit. Between November of last year and January of this year, MacLean Engineering laid off approximat...

One-thousand pounds of ribs are on the grill in Cargill this weekend. The fourth annual Cargill Rib Barbeque and cook off is all set for today. The Moravian Lodge Masonic of Cargill put on the event t...

Be on the lookout for 18 “world-changing” cyclists making stops in Owen Sound, Port Elgin, Kincardine, Wingham, Lucknow and Goderich. As part of the Otesha Project Charity, the cyclists ar...