Category Archives: Local News

The Harper government is moving scrap the long-gun registry. Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews has introduced a bill in the House of Commons which will repeal the requirement to register rifles or s...

South Bruce Peninsula council is changing the structure of its meetings. Mayor John Close says the result will be councillors will end up meeting twice a month instead of four times a month. Close say...

Ontario Conservative MPP’s are gearing up for the return of the legislature this fall. Although no firm date has been announced, Bruce Grey Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker expects they will head to Q...

Bruce Power’s Nuclear Response Team has captured first prize at the 2011 U.S. National SWAT Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is the fourth year in a row that Bruce Power has won the top prize...

About 60 Grade 5 and 6 students have visited the Hanover Civic Centre this week for a crash course in municipal politics 101. Mayor Kathi Maskell feels it’s a lesson the students will not soon f...

A nurse practitioner in Southampton is hosting an open walk-in clinic this week for PAP testing. Colleen Fowler works out of the Saugeen Shores Medical Building, and wanted to provide the clinic, as i...

Officers from two area OPP detachments were involved in the investigation and pursuit of a stolen vehicle which resulted in two arrests. Perth OPP responded to a theft call in Listowel early Wednesday...

Saugeen Shores is about to be home to its first wind turbine. Council has learned the CAW Family Education Centre has applied for a building permit to locate an almost 250-foot turbine at their site a...

It seems the Victorious Living Centre in Owen Sound will have heat this winter after all. A three-day fundraiser has brought in 10 thousand 222 dollars — which should cover the cost of a new fur...

Another big donation to the Owen Sound Regional Rec centre fund raising committee… Peter and Bob VanDolder and their uncle Andy have come forward with a 75 thousand dollar gift to the Centre. As...