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Harbour Nights concerts return Sunday at city’s Visitor Centre
Harbour Nights concerts return for the summer starting this Sunday at 7 p.m. with the Rob Elder Trio. These free concerts will be held every Sunday but one through Aug. 20 and some Sundays will feature concerts at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. There’s no concert on Aug. 6 of the Civic holiday weekend. Bring […]
Crown moves along criminal negligence charge in fatal Sauble fire
To move along the case of a young man charged in the death of a 17-year-old girl in a 2020 Sauble Beach fire, the Crown has obtained a direct indictment for accused Taran Hibma. The development means there will be no preliminary hearing, which had been scheduled for later this month. Those hearings are used […]
Extending city transit to Sunset Strip off the table, at least for now
It looks like Owen Sound will not be pursuing a consultant’s recommendation to extend its transit service to the Sunset Strip. City staff is not exploring the proposal further given the feedback received during an operations committee discussion on a final transit route optimization study, prepared and presented by transit planner Dennis Fletcher & Associates, […]
Sacred fire burns at Giche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden healing circle
“Never let your fire go out. When you let your fire go out, that’s when the chaos happens.” Saugeen First Nation Elder Shirley John’s words weaved through some of the stories shared at the Giche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden sacred fire and healing circle Sunday morning. As part of The Sound Waterfront Festival’s Truth and Reconciliation […]
Firefighters put out electrical room fire at former Tenneco building
Fire caused extensive damage to electrical equipment in the main electrical room of the former Tenneco factory building Wednesday night but no one was hurt. The former Tenneco building, at 1800 17th Street East in Owen Sound, is partially occupied by the green hydrogen research and development firm, Hydrogen Optimized. Fire crews responded to a […]
New COVID case at school causes high-risk contacts to spike
Grey-Bruce added five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Friday and saw the number of high-risk contacts climb by 69. The reason for the increased high-risk contacts was a student who tested positive, who attended four classes at the school, said Dr. Ian Arra, the medical officer of health in Grey-Bruce, in an interview. Those four […]