Category Archives: Local News

A charitable organization that represents 30 thousand members and has 140 member groups in Ontario is expressing surprise at the musings of MPP Bill Murdoch. The outgoing Conservative MPP for Bruce Gr...

The Liberals in Bruce Grey Owen Sound and in Simcoe Grey are getting some high-profile support in the final days of the campaign. Doctor Carolyn Bennett, a cabinet member in the Paul Martin government...

It’s Easter Sunday, so if you need some last minute things for your family dinner, you may want to call ahead to the store. Many area stores are closed including Wal-mart. The liquor stores in t...

The Alzheimer Society of Grey Bruce wants to find out how the national leaders stand on funding for research. Executive Director Deborah Barker says just before the election was called, the Federal go...

A Listowel grocery store that shut down earlier this week after employees found pins in fruit and meat has reopened. The O-P-P say the Food Basics store on Wallace Avenue has been inspected and no mor...

The Hanover Fire Department is upset with proposed legislation that is calling for mandatory retirement for firefighters at the age of 60. Fire Chief Ken Roseborough says he has some concerns over thi...

Two more fire departments in Grey Bruce are better equipped to handle pet emergencies after a fire. The Invisible Fence brands have joined forces with local groups to donate pet oxygen masks to the Pa...

Everyone hopes to catch the big fish at the annual Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular Fishing Derby, but there can only be one winner each year. So Owen Sound Tourism has come up with a new contest that ev...

The plan was to put aside one per cent of the levy in Bruce County that comes in each year. That means in 2011 it would have been about 340 thousand dollars. However, that is not going to happen. The ...

The 9th annual Turn off the Screens Challenge is about to get underway across Bruce and Grey Counties. For one week starting Monday April 25th — students are asked to get off the couch and out f...