Owen Sound taxi fare increases which take effect March 1 in Owen Sound could help attract more drivers, say cab company owners who hope higher prices won’t scare away passengers. Read More
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Georgian College’s new $7.1 million state-of-the-art nursing wing officially opened in Owen Sound Thursday in preparation for the college’s new honours of bachelor of science – nursing degree, which launched this fall at the college. The massive renovation transformed over 10,000 square feet of space at the campus. The new nursing and wellness wing provides […]
City votes to tighten planned short-term rental bylaw
Owen Sound council limited short-term rentals to 90 nights a year during final deliberations on regulating these sometimes-problematic rentals Monday night. Coun. Melanie Middlebro’, vice-chair of the corporate services committee, pulled the STR recommendations from the committee’s minutes for council to consider separately, then she proposed capping the nights at 90 annually. “We want this […]
Provincial plan raises ‘fundamental concern’ for future of farming
A rural planning expert slammed proposed provincial changes which he warned would allow tens of thousands more residential lots to be created on agricultural land while largely removing any local say over it. “This is such a fundamental concern for the future of agriculture in this province,” Wayne Caldwell told Grey County council Thursday. The […]
Kindness of this kind is to be discouraged, city police say
Owen Sound police say two separate car crashes over 24 hours were caused by drivers who meant well by encouraging others to proceed. A crash just after 3 p.m. Wednesday in the 700-block of 9th Avenue East was like that, police said in a news release. A motorist entered the road from driveway and turned […]
New residential listings in April well above five-year average
New residential listings this April were up 24.8 per cent over last April, 28.2 percent above the five-year average and 12.2 percent above the 10-year average for the month. That’s one highlight of the monthly the Realtors Association of Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound market survey. There were 549 new listings in April, which contributed to 1,318 […]
Court rules in favour of Grey Highlands as group seeks to halt sale of Talisman lands
A Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound ruled Monday in favour of Grey Highlands and dismissed a motion brought forward by the Protecting Talisman Lands Association to halt the sale of the municipally owned Talisman lands to a GTA-based resort developer. Grey Highlands and Westway Capital entered the closing period on a $2.5 million […]