Category Archives: Local News

Saugeen Shores elected officials are getting a 2.5 per cent stipend increase, retroactive to January 1st this year. Councillors voted themselves the raise, along with non-union full time and part time...

Parents — you can now look up inspection reports for daycare centres online. The province is expanding its child care website to include up to three years of inspections for licensed centres and...

If you happen to have a 2011 Faces of Farming calendar, you’ll notice this month features sisters Jen Legge of Chesley and Amy Trelford of Paisley. Legge took advantage of “her month”...

A public policy think tank is out with its report card that ranks the accomplishments of Ontario high schools. Chesley District had the highest ranking of any local school — the rural high schoo...

It’s a big goal, but the Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation is getting lots of help for this year’s annual Spring Campaign. Executive Director Paul Weitendorf says they are hoping to ...

A 29 year old man is lucky to by alive after going for a swim in Owen Sound Bay. Owen Sound Police, Paramedics and Firefighters all responded to East Bayshore Road, north of 28th Avenue East around 4 ...

Here we go again. Kincardine council meets at 5 PM today to re-start budget talks. The meeting was made necessary when councillors turned down a budget calling for a 12 per cent increase while the doc...

OPSEU’s fight to keep the Walkerton and Owen Sound jails open is gaining strength. Local 225 President Gerry Hope says he’s on a mission to gather as much municipal and County support as h...

Grey County OPP are looking for a man who led Police on a weekend chase. Officers clocked a pickup truck exceeding the speed limit on Grey Road 3 in Georgian Bluffs early Sunday morning. The vehicle w...

A homeless shelter in downtown Owen Sound could be on the auction block on May 27th. Pastor Randy Kennedy says the Victorious Living Centre is in tax arrears and if a deal cannot be struck at Monday&#...