Category Archives: Local News

A citizens group estimates the cost of closing the Walkerton Jail at 4.7 million dollars in 2011 and 1.3 million dollars per year in the following years. The group analyzed costs in three areas; trans...

After the F3 Tornado that devastated Goderich just a week ago — things are starting to look up for the community. Mayor Deb Shewfelt tells Bayshore Broadcasting News hydro has been restored to a...

Saugeen Shores development charges are about to go up and it will be phased in over three years. It’s not official yet, but council has approved the phase-in and it will be in the form of a byla...

The Marl Lake Ratepayers Association is pressuring Brockton Council to approve a fertilizer ban soon. The proposal is for all inland lakes — such as Marl Lake and Lake Rosalind — to avoid ...

Owen Sound has joined other Ontario municipalities in lending a helping hand to Goderich. The Lake Huron community is trying to put the pieces back together after last week’s devastating tornado...

47 dogs have been seized from a home on Old Red Bay Road near Oliphant, and neighbours are glad something has finally been done. Brenda Bamford has put up with howling dogs next to her home for years,...

The United Way of Bruce Grey is helping kids in Goderich get back to school. The agency is donating 500 fully stocked backpacks to children and youth affected by last week’s F3 tornado. Executiv...

It was a quarry site at 757 Wellington Street in Port Elgin for years. Now it’s the home of a seven-million-dollar state-of-the-art affordable housing complex. At its official opening, Manager o...

Police are looking into a report of a suspicious man in Kincardine. The OPP were called just before 11:30 AM on Monday about a man who approached a young female cashier at Canadian Tire and asked if s...

Police are looking into a hit and run near Walkerton. The driver of a Black Chevy Silverado pickup says she was hit from behind by a car on Highway 9 just before 2:30 PM on Monday. But the driver of t...