The Sun Times (Owen Sound)
Agriculture takes centre stage at the 2026 International Plowing Match
One vendor ran out of yardsticks by noon on the first day of the 2026 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo in Brockton. If that's a sign of things to come, the long-awaited celebration of all things agriculture may be one of the best attended...
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Construction starting on new Catholic high school in Owen Sound
Construction has started on the new $49.5-million Catholic high school on Owen Sound's eastern edge. About 30 people gathered at the site of the Bruce-grey Catholic District School Board for a groundbreaking ceremony at the 28th Avenue East site to...
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Owen Sound affordable housing project for seniors about to start
St. Clare Place seniors' apartment should be ready for occupancy by Christmas 2027, the project manager said Tuesday after a ceremony marking the imminent start of construction. Pilings for the 40-unit, six-storey, $19-million building in downtown...
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Grey-bruce 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb honours the fallen, supports the living
Six years after helping launch the Grey & Bruce County First Responders 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, Brent Radmore said this year hits the hardest. “Strength is not found in carrying every burden alone. Strength is found in supporting one another,...
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Meaford Fire Department honours 9/11 first responders who ran toward danger
More than 900 kilometres away from Ground Zero in New York, a twisted steel beam from the World Trade Center lies in front of a smalltown fire hall. It's one of two physical pieces of connection between the day of infamy in New York — the 9/11 attacks...
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Grey County businesses brace for tariff impact, hope for resolution
Grey County businesses are expecting varying impacts from the escalating trade war between Canada and the United States, but many remain hopeful the matter will be settled sooner rather than later. Canada's counter-tariffs to the U.S. Section 338...
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Sauble Beach Party serves up weekend of nostalgia
The music was loud, the sun was hot but the vibes were chill. That was the Sauble Beach Party, a three-day musical binge held at Sauble Speedway over the Labour Day holiday weekend, featuring more than two dozen acts booked for this sixth annual...
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Conservative finance critic hears Grey-bruce business concerns
Federal Conservative Finance shadow minister Michael Chong said Conservatives support the federal Liberal government standing up to U.S. economic aggression, but said there are areas of disagreement on “how they're managing our domestic...
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BACK AT IT
Pierce Mbuyi celebrates with teammates after scoring in the second period as the Owen Sound Attack play the North Bay Battalion in preseason action inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Wednesday. The Attack are back in action tonight.
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Campground at Bruce Peninsula park closed because of habituated black bear
Bruce Peninsula National Park has taken the unprecedented step of closing its Cyprus Lake Campground over safety concerns about a black bear that frequents the area. The campground was closed to the public on Friday and will remain so until Thursday,...
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Walker donates retired Keppel Quarry to conservation authority
The retired Keppel Quarry in Georgian Bluffs will soon be enjoyed by the public as a 50-acre forested habitat and lake after Walker donated it to the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority. The announcement was made on Thursday during Walker Industries'...
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Big tent up for 38th Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular
The big tent is once again gracing Owen Sound's shoreline as the 38th annual Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular is set to kick off. Dozens of volunteers gathered at Georgian Shores Marina on Wednesday, where they assisted the Sydenham Sportsmen's...
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Summerfolk 51 brings artists and music fans together in Owen Sound
First-time and returning Summerfolk performers alike were reveling in the chance to come together and do what they love -- entertaining the festivalgoers with their music. The annual music and craft festival marked its 51st year at Kelso Beach at...
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School buses to be on Greybruce roads to start school year
School buses will be running in Greybruce when the school year begins. The local school boards announced late Thursday afternoon that an agreement in principle had been reached between themselves and bus operators. School transportation will proceed...
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Grandstand repairs underway at Victoria Park as fair time nears
A section of the grandstand at Victoria Park that was damaged by fire more than two years ago is being removed. Crews were onsite on Tuesday removing about a third of the grandstand that was most heavily damaged by a fire in May 2024, with the Owen...
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Summerfolk 51 begins tonight with Coming Home concert
Summerfolk returns to the Scenic City this week. Preparations for the 51st Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival were underway Tuesday at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park. Labourers from Mildmay Tent Rentals were hard at work setting up several tents while...
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Saugeen First Nation amphitheatre project gets financial boost
A donation of almost $400,000 will assist with continuing work to restore the historic amphitheatre at Saugeen First Nation. Bruce Power's supplier partners have contributed $393,750 from the company's Saugeen Ojibway Nation Community Development Fund...
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Wiarton Homecoming Weekend draws thousands to Bluewater Park
Thousands spent the Civic Holiday weekend relaxing and having fun on the shores of Colpoy's Bay in a place close to “paradise.” The Wiarton Homecoming Festival returned to Bluewater Park for a third straight year. Joe Vanderzand said the event was...
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Longest-running Emancipation Day celebration returns to Owen Sound
History feels near enough to touch at the longest-running Emancipation Day Festival in Owen Sound. Speakers and dignitaries stand at the Black History Cairn, a monument in Harrison Park commemorating early Black settlers and the northern terminus of...
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Several area fire departments help battle large barn blaze near Teeswater
As many as 11 fire departments from Bruce and Huron counties battled a barn blaze Wednesday that closed Concession 4 in South Bruce. Members of the South Bruce OPP assisted the South Bruce Fire Department on July 29 at approximately 7:21 a.m. as the...
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Safe 'n Sound emergency shelter being renovated for fall opening
Renovations are well underway at Safe `N Sound's emergency homeless shelter in Owen Sound, with it on track to open on November 1. But during an update at Owen Sound city council on Monday about the facility at 612 2nd Ave. E., concerns were raised by...
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Southampton celebrates marine past during weekend of fun
Capt. Wayne Sparrow looked like a man who knew there are 34 shipwrecks in the vicinity of Southampton's waterfront. The bearded fellow stood on the sandy beach and responded to a question about marine history as waves rolled onto the Southampton...
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Meaford rallies around retired couples displaced by Nelson Street fire
After two sets of grandparents lost their homes to a fire in Meaford on Tuesday night the community's outpouring of support has been “overwhelming.” Bryan and Helen Gelyk, along with Gary and Marg Lawrence, are the neighbours whose homes burned down...
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Fire destroys Meaford home, spreads to neighbouring property
A large fire in Meaford destroyed a home and caused extensive damage to a neighbouring property on Tuesday night. Firefighters and cleanup crews were at the site early Wednesday morning, where a Nelson Street home was completely destroyed, and the...
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Owen Sound's old BCK site being transformed with rental apartments
Harbour West's first rental apartment building is standing and a second is on the way up at the former Black-clawson Kennedy industrial site. The first building is a prefabricated concrete shell now, with occupancy targeted for “early fall.” A more...
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Bruce County man who confined family gets 11 years jail
A man who unlawfully confined his young family for up to 17 years, who the Crown said used Holy Scripture “as a sword,” was sentenced Thursday in an Owen Sound courtroom to 11 years in prison. His former wife said outside court no sentence could be...
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Owen Sound to issue conditional permit for last Heritage Grove store
Owen Sound will grant the developer of the Heritage Grove Centre on the city's east side a conditional building permit to allow the final building in the plaza to be completed. Council approved a staff recommendation Monday to bring forward a bylaw...
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Glassworks makes case to city council to allow homes on east side property
The Glassworks Development Cooperative hopes to see its property removed from Owen Sound's eastside employment area, opening the door for the land to be developed with up to 522 affordable homes. Proponents of the project on 46 acres of land at 1919...
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UK man gets 3.5 year sentence for Sharif Rahman manslaughter
The man who threw the fatal punch that led to Owen Sound restaurateur Sharif Rahman's death three years ago was sentenced to 3 ½ years in custody as recommended by Crown and defence. Robert Evans Jr., 25, also known as Michael Jones, of Darwen...
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SON says it should have been consulted on new federal nuclear strategy
Saugeen Ojibway Nation chiefs have expressed concern, disappointment and frustration at the new federal nuclear energy strategy to significantly expand nuclear power generation faster, saying SON should have been consulted. Bruce Power operates...
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Three-way partnership aims to bring 28 affordable homes to Port Elgin
They're getting creative in Port Elgin to help put families into affordable homes. On Monday, dignitaries from the Saugeen Shores, Habitat for Humanity Grey-bruce and Wilson Developments gathered at a narrow landing-strip-sized parcel of land near...
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RELIEF
Drenched and loving every minute of it, Jason Haylow cools off at the splash pad in Owen Sound during a heatwave in the area.
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Canada Day reflections about being Canadian in a Trump world
Many Canadians who shared their thoughts on Canada Day said they've always been proud to be Canadian and for some, the discord south of the border only strengthens their pride and gratitude. Many said they try not to think about Donald Trump's...
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Fire marshal investigating $2 million Blue Mountains house fire
Ontario fire marshal officials and the OPP are investigating a fire that destroyed a $2 million new, unoccupied home in the Georgian Peaks Ski Club area of The Blue Mountains early Sunday morning. An excavator operator was surveying the site late...
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Owen Sound students give gifts to local newcomers to welcome them
Owen Sound students in a high school leadership class created welcome packages, an interactive online map of useful information and videos of must-see local places for local newcomers to Canada. Owen Sound District Secondary School students in teacher...
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Owen Sound presenting drone show the night before Canada Day
Owen Sound's two days of free Canada Day events includes the city's first choreographed drone show Tuesday night. The city's festivities will take place Tuesday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 1 and will be among many community celebrations across...
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Sunrise ceremony in Owen Sound helps connect cultures in celebration
They stood in a circle and waited for the sun. A few short months removed from a city buried in snow, community members gathered to pay tribute to the sun on National Indigenous Peoples Day. June 21 is the longest day of the year in this hemisphere,...
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Citizens group claims strong opposition to Chatsworth Hub project
A residents' group has presented a more than 1,100-name petition to the Chatsworth Township council that they say shows overwhelming opposition to the proposed $8.6-million first phase of a community hub. The chambers were full as the residents...
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Owen Sound council responds to police board's downtown concerns
Owen Sound council members pushed back against suggestions the city isn't doing enough to address problems in the downtown as the city manager outlined progress on actions council has supported. Council held a special meeting at city hall Monday...
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Pride takes over downtown Owen Sound
There were no boisterous cheers or colourful gay Pride parade costumes when Jeff Feltis was growing up in the Owen Sound area. So Saturday's loud and proud Pride celebration on main street in Owen Sound was what the 57-year-old said was...
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How Owen Sound police nabbed culprits in Sharif Rahman's death
It was a whodunit for less than two months, at least for the police. Owen Sound Police Service investigators quickly learned it was UK residents Robert Evans Jr., his father Robert Busby Evans and uncle Barry Evans they wanted in connection with...
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Owen Sound demolishes brick building beside 10th Street bridge
Owen Sound hired a demolition company to remove an old and vacant brick building beside the 10th Street bridge because the building was deemed unsafe, a city official said. Work began Tuesday and by mid-morning Wednesday a high-reach excavator had...
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Sugar Dust Baking double winners at Owen Sound chamber awards
When Sugar Dust Baking won the award for Entrepreneur of the Year (over 35 years of age) at this year's Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards they were shocked and surprised. When their names were called again as...
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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in Sharif Rahman case; others sentenced
Three men who were brought to Canada from Scotland to faces charges in the death of beloved Owen Sound resident Sharif Rahman almost three years ago pleaded guilty Friday. Robert Evans Jr., 25, also known as Michael Jones,of Darwen Lancashire,...
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Ontario Pumped Storage plan requires full federal impact assessment
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada has decided a full impact assessment is required for the Ontario Pumped Storage 1,000-megawatt hydro-electric project in Meaford, given potential environmental, social and economic effects. Potential effects on...
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Deer crashes through Owen Sound window
An Owen Sound resident got a rude awakening and an unwanted bedroom remodel when a deer crashed through a window in the city. Owen Sound police said they were at an apartment complex in the city's northwest on an unrelated call when they noticed a...
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Police board calls on Owen Sound council to address downtown issues
The Owen Sound Police Service board has renewed its call on Owen Sound council to do something about loitering and “other social disorder matters” in the city's downtown. More than a year after police board chair John Thomson penned a letter to the...
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Owen Sound Attack parts ways with longtime GM Dale Degray
The Owen Sound Attack announced Wednesday that they've parted ways with longtime general manager Dale Degray. It's a move expected by many since Ecological Dynamics Sports Partners officially took over ownership of the Attack and appointed former...
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Local OPSEU workers picketing in Owen Sound and Hanover
Members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union in Hanover and Owen Sound are on strike as part of a provincewide movement. Local 325 Community Living Hanover and Local 276 Owen Sound Family Health Team are part of thousands of OPSEU workers...
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Wiarton's Berford Street reconstruction to continue this summer
Construction on Highway 6 through Wiarton is scheduled to resume this summer in two stages. Construction on Highway 6, or Berford Street where it runs through Wiarton, will start between Elm and Frank streets, at the southerly end of town, followed by...
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PASS UNDER PRESSURE
The Owen Sound District Wolves defeated the Kincardine District Knights to win a seventh-straight BAA girls rugby championship on Thursday, May 21, 2026 in Owen Sound
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New youthful Attack leaders hope to create development jewel
Two 28-year-old former hockey players with MBAS from the prestigious Smith Business School are in charge of Owen Sound's favourite sons. Whatever happens next, we're in uncharted territory. Owen Sound Attack president Tyler Nother, 28, officially...
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Sauble Beach businesses looking forward to sunny days ahead
After a spring dominated by cold and wet conditions, Sauble Beach business owners were channeling warm thoughts for what they hope is a busy summer ahead of them. And while the Victoria Day long weekend and Canada's unofficial start to summer was...
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New Owen Sound Attack president introduced at fan event
Six-foot-four former OHL defender Tyler Nother stood near the shuffleboard courts at the Bayshore on Friday and shook hands with the fans. He wore a navy blue suit without a tie and exuded a self-confidence one might have if they were a 28-year-old...
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Owen Sound Attack sale involves hedge fund founder, forestry company director
The new owners of the Owen Sound Attack are coming in with heaps of money and a diversified corporate structure. Sources have said that Donald Mcclure, the managing director of Cogent Forest Products is involved in the deal, as is a billion-dollar...
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Family hopes Keefer Falls Nature Preserve will continue to enrich others
Lee Mcarthur stood in a field overlooking the deep blue water near Annan as proud as any mother could be on Mother's Day. When she told her three adult children about a potential family plan to donate a large portion of the family's 117 acres, which...
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Attack ownership change, Bayshore lease before Owen Sound council Monday
The Ontario Hockey League and prospective new owners of the Owen Sound Attack say they are committed to keeping the team in Owen Sound. Owen Sound city council will discuss the transfer of ownership and the existing lease agreement of the Owen Sound...
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Sportsmen release hatchery-raised rainbow trout into Sydenham River
Spectators stood on the bridge over the Sydenham River near the Harrison Park Inn Saturday morning to witness the annual introduction of hatchery-reared rainbow trout. Hundreds of dark green fish, some three to eight inches long, or 7.5 to 20...
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Owen Sound home show a one-stop shop for everything home-related
The Debrone family arrived Sunday at the Owen Sound Home & Lifestyle Show with a plan, two actually. One plan was not to buy anything, Peter Debrone kidded as he, his wife Beth and their young girls Grace and Rosie perused the aisles of vendors on the...
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NORTHBOUND TO THE TUB
The MS Chi-cheemaun sails north past the Kemble Women's Institute Lookout south of Kemble on Thursday, April 30, 2026, as it heads to Tobermory, where it was to begin the 2026 sailing season on Friday.
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More Than Human exhibition puts focus on native plants and pollinators
After she suffered two concussions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Owen Sound artist and poet Liz Zetlin turned to her backyard oasis as a place to heal. It was through focusing on the plants and creatures that also called the space home that she saw an...
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Summerfolk's Youth Discoveries opens new doors for young artists
The trip up Highway 6 to Owen Sound was well worth it for Guelph-based band PRRR on Sunday. And they will be making the same trip again in less than four months as the five-piece funk and jazz band was chosen as one of the five winning acts from the...
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Public invited to rank visual concepts in Sauble Beach rebranding exercise
The public is being invited to vote on three visual concepts for a rebranded Sauble Beach. After gathering feedback through virtual and in-person workshops, interviews and an online survey that garnered more than 400 responses, the project team has...
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Harrison Park marker tree to help teach about First Nations history
A living artifact in Owen Sound's Harrison Park that is believed to have guided the Anishinaabe people home to their village will continue to teach others about the area's First Nations history. More than 200 people gathered at the back of the park's...
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Owen Sound celebrates at 2026 Arts, Culture and Volunteer Awards
The newly named Jan Chamberlain Volunteer of the Year award went to board member stalwart Andrew Howlett, and the dependable Harmony Centre volunteer work crew, led by centre co-founder Frank Greaves. Theirs were two of the awards handed out at the...
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Floodwaters inundate homes, properties in South Bruce Peninsula
South Bruce Peninsula residents in the Hepworth and Gould Lake areas are dealing with major flooding as local waterways have burst their banks and spilled onto properties and into homes. Jack Gibbons has lived at his home in Hepworth for 32 years and...
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Students showcase training during live-fire exercise at Meaford base
The rain that had been falling steadily for most of the previous 24 hours was replaced by fog as about 40 infantry trainees gathered at the edge of a ridge overlooking a training range at the Army Training Centre – Central in Meaford. They were there...
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Kemble Maple Tour showcases syrup producers of all sizes and styles
Jim and Sharon Mcgregor's property on Concession 21 in Kemble is a laborious love letter to six generations of family that have called the area home. On Saturday, Jim Mcgregor poured sap collected from buckets into his homemade evaporator inside the...
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9th Avenue East road reconstruction to continue in Owen Sound
Round 2 of major reconstruction of the southeast entrance of Owen Sound is set to commence. The city announced this week that road construction along 9th Avenue East from 6th Street East to Superior Street would begin on Monday, April 13. Commuters...
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Family Health's potential move into new Wiarton town hall proceeds
The Town of South Bruce Peninsula is moving ahead with a proposal from the South Bruce Peninsula Family Health Organization to move into vacant space next to its new town hall. At a regular council meeting on Tuesday, council voted to approve further...
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Purple Valley keeps tradition going with annual maple syrup festival
Like it has for almost 60 years, the sleepy South Bruce Peninsula community of Purple Valley became a hive of activity on Saturday for the annual Purple Valley Maple Syrup Festival. Despite an ominous forecast and rain clouds threatening overhead,...
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Owen Sound drug-use arrests garner support, raise concerns
The recent arrest of several people in downtown Owen Sound for open drug use is being viewed as a positive step by some. But others say the approach doesn't address the root causes of substance use and is cause for concern for the welfare of some of...
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TIME TO REBUILD
Lucknow-area organic farmer Tony Mcquail didn't win the federal NDP leadership race over the weekend, but now he's planning to help build momentum for the NDP. He said by phone Tuesday that the first job will be to help rebuild the riding associations...
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