Green technology highlighted at Home and Cottage Expo in Owen Sound

Energy efficiency and green technology were top of mind for many who came through the doors of the Home and Cottage Expo in Owen Sound this weekend. Whether it was solar panels, heat pumps, electric vehicle vehicles and charging infrastructure, or green building materials and construction methods, there was opportunities aplenty sprinkled throughout the Harry […]

Owen Sound District students become UN negotiators at model assembly

A team of students from Owen Sound District Secondary School has received a crash course into the inner workings of the United Nations. The team of eight Grade 10-13 students from the Owen Sound school joined hundreds of their peers at the three-day Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly at the University of Toronto recently, […]

Records fall at Owen Sound District track and field meet

With longtime Owen Sound District Secondary School track and field day convener Ted Carr set to retire at the end of the school year, a backup plan was put in place with the students taking on a more active role in putting on this year’s event. Between 150 and 200 students competed on the track […]

New residential listings in April well above 5-year average

New residential real estate listings for April were up 24.8 per cent over the same month in 2023, 28.2 per cent above the five-year average and 12.2 per cent 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 […]

Public invited to Owen Sound rally to save healthcare

Members of the public are being invited to attend a rally to save healthcare in front of Owen Sound city hall.  The Grey Bruce Health Coalition will be holding the peaceful rally at city hall at the corner of 2nd Avenue East and 8th Street East from 9 a.m. until noon in an effort to […]

Home and Cottage Expo in Owen Sound this weekend

The Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre will be a one-stop shop for home repair, renovation and landscaping needs this weekend.  More than 150 vendors will be at the 2024 Home and Cottage Expo, which will run Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.  The show will feature 140 indoor and 12 […]

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 […]

Circus making stop in Owen Sound

A European-styled circus is making a four-day stop in Owen Sound.  Cirque de Paris presented by Anouchka Buglione will be at the Heritage Place Shopping Centre for a series of 90-minute shows from Thursday to Sunday.  The shows feature an “international all-star cast,” that includes aerialists, a juggler, roller skating duo, elastic rope acrobat, hula […]

Pedestrian dies in collision west of Owen Sound

One person has died following a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle on Highway 21 west of Owen Sound.  Just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Grey Bruce OPP, Grey County Paramedics and the Inter Township Fire Department responded to a report of a serious collision on Highway 21 in Georgian Bluffs.  The pedestrian was […]

Victoria Park grandstand damaged by fire

Owen Sound firefighters picked through debris after a fire destroyed part of the Victoria Park grandstand this morning.  The cause of the fire and the cost of reconstruction are questions yet to be answered. By 9:30 a.m. the firefighting was done and the investigation phase was underway.  The fire burned through and charred a significant […]