Annual Pratie Oaten Irish Festival at Grey Roots

Published: 25 September 2019

The potatoes are dug and it’s time to boil up a pot of “lumpers” to make a batch of everyone’s favourite “Pratie Oaten”: Irish potato ...

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"Second Summer" walk in the woods announced

Published: 25 September 2019

The Outdoors Adventures club of Owen Sound will be hosting a walk for the public on a woodlands walking trail developed by club members which is located on Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy lands in Georgian Bluffs. The event takes ...

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Bernier brings PPC message to Owen Sound

Published: 25 September 2019

- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor

Maxime Bernier, founder and leader of the People's Party of Canada (PPC), was received with enthusiasm by most of the crowd of one hundred and fifty at the Harmony Centre in Owen Sound Tuesday night.

Bill Townsend, candidate for the PPC for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, said . . .

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Notes from the Council Chamber September 23, 2019

Published: 23 September 2019

- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor

• Final report on the Bremont-Telfer Creek development east of the Owen Sound hospital will come to council in October - 43 single detached dwelling units; 20 semi-detached dwelling units; 31 street townhome dwelling units; and 236 medium / high density residential units. No word on affordability or when shovels will be in the ground.

• Signage for closing the road...

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Almost 200 new long-term care beds in Bruce-Grey

Published: 23 September 2019

Today, Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Long-Term Care,  joined Bill Walker, Associate Minister of Energy and MPP for ...

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