Category Archives: Local News

QUEEN?S PARK – Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker announced funding today from the Ontario Trillium Foundation for nine local organizations. The largest grant of $143,000 went to United Way o...

There is an urgent plea for help for the Owen Sound firefighters toy drive. Acting Captain and Toy Drive Chair Wayne Flood says the donations of toys and money have not been coming in fast enough. Flo...

It’s an old fashioned Christmas in Holstein today. The village holds its annual non motorized Santa Claus parade today. It starts at 1 PM at the old township building. Santa will also make an ap...

Extreme Escape Artist Steve Santini was definitely feeling the heat during his latest performance. Dubbed the World’s Most Extreme Escape Artist by Ripley’s Believe it or Not, the Owen Sou...

Kincardine is about to get a new Chief Administrative Officer. Murray Clarke of Sidney, British Columbia will take over as CAO of the municipality on February 6th. Clarke is no stranger to Ontario hav...

A Walkerton man has been fined 15 thousand dollars for possessing illegal cigarettes. 67 year old Thomas Perry was convicted of violating the Federal excise Act, with the sentencing handed down in a G...

The Grey-Bruce chapter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation is particularly concerned with the results of a recent survey. The survey shows that 8 out of 10 Canadian adults know that eating healthy and ...

After giving thousands of dollars to local food banks, Bruce Power is donating even more money. Bruce Power has donated 15 thousand dollars to the Attawapiskat First Nation. As we have told you —...

The OPP report that they have discovered a woman’s body in a Listowel park. Police say an officer found the woman near a footbridge in the park while on patrol overnight Saturday. The woman was ...

The Goderich and Area Disaster Relief Fund is benefiting from the kindness of strangers. Committee Chair Duncan Jewell says their fundraising campaign ended December 1st and they exceeded their goal, ...