Category Archives: Local News

Voter apathy wasn’t really an issue in two of our local ridings in Ontario’s election. Across the province, 49 per cent of the eligible voters marked ballots. However, in Huron-Bruce ̵...

Huron Bruce has the “blues” today. And Progressive Conservative Lisa Thompson couldn’t be happier. Thompson pretty well held the lead over Liberal MPP Carol Mitchell from start to fi...

Award-winning librarian and CEO of the Bruce County Public Library system, Marzio Apolloni, has announced his retirement, effective March 31st, 2012. Apolloni made the announcement at the regular meet...

Tory candidates in surrounding ridings also had a successful Election day. The Progressive Conservatives made gains on the Liberals in two that border on Huron Bruce and Bruce Grey Owen Sound. Any hop...

Botswana, Panama and Albania have more hospital beds to population than Ontario. An advocacy group is fighting to change that fact for elderly patients pushed out of hospital early and denied acute ca...

The Bruce-Grey-Owen-Sound riding will remain Tory blue. Newcomer Bill Walker has won in his first ever election campaign, replacing his predecessor, Conservative Bill Murdoch, as MPP. Even though the ...

Lights are back on in homes across Owen Sound. Just as the polls were closing in Thursday night’s provincial election, over six thousand homes and businesses in the city were left in the dark. H...

Raw milk producer Michael Schmidt is continuing his hunger strike, in his battle with the government over cow sharing. Late last month, Ontario Court Justice Peter Tetley overturned an earlier ruling ...

With news spreading that Owen Sound’s Summerfolk Festival may not be held, organizers admit it might make it tough to find a new Artistic Director. Georgian Bay Folk Society President Ruth Parso...

With the big decision on Accommodation Review Committees set for October 18th, Bluewater District Board of Education trustees got a quick review of the options from a money point of view. In the case ...