Category Archives: Owen Sound News

The April 20th deadline has passed to apply for the vacant Meaford – Blue Mountains seat on the Bluewater District School Board. Former trustee Rick Galbraith resigned in March over communicatio...

There is another call from Owen Sound officials to get the City Harbour dredged. This comes after the fully loaded Lower Lakes Transportation company grain boat the Ojibway ran into a sand bar and bec...

It’s a new dawning when it comes to having that perfect lawn or landscaping. On this, Earth Day, Ontario’s new pesticide ban has also come into effect. Weed Man Spokesperson Duncan Atkinso...

Bruce Telecom’s Chair and CEO are answering questions about their credit limit. Chair Richard Martin and CEO Michael Andrews appeared before Kincardine Council last week and said they plan to di...

An Owen Sound man man is receiving first class recognition. Barry Lewin, the former president of the Billy Bishop Home and Museum Board has been given a certificate of achievement. He was honoured wit...

Residents in Owen Sound will have to wait to find out if the City will pick up their garbage every two weeks. City Council has decided to wait until May 4th to debate a move from weekly to bi-weekly g...

A search for someone possibly in the cold waters of Lake Huron is over. Search and Rescue out of Trenton began the search Monday afternoon after a call came in about a single boater appearing to have ...

The Fraser Institutes 2009 ranking of High Schools in Grey Bruce has been released. This years results are determined from the 2007-08 EQAO tests for math and the Ontario secondary school literacy tes...

The 2009 municipal budget is a done deal in Huron Kinloss. Council has approved the 9.4 million dollar budget. The township will be taking in over 3.7 million dollars from taxpayers this year — ...

Owen Sound City Council is putting a stop to the proposed expansion of Walmart. Council last night defeated a motion by a 6-3 vote that would have approved the expansion of the Walmart grocery store s...