Saints & Sinners, The Story of Owen Sound: Canada’s Last Dry City

Owen Sound was the heart and soul of the prohibition movement in Canada. In 1906, the city voted in local option and became known as Dry Gulch; it took until 1972 for the long drought to completely end, when Owen Sounders voted to approve liquor sales in bars and restaurants. With a remarkable selection of early newspaper clippings, personal interviews and research, Saints & Sinners describes a century of tension around alcohol and its effects. Author Richard Thomas has written a riveting coming-of-age story of Owen Sound. Now updated with a list of contemporary breweries, wineries and distilleries of Grey, Bruce and Simcoe.