Category Archives: Local News

Kincardine doesn’t have a budget for 2011. Iin a surprising move on Wednesday night — Council turned down the budget and thus the 12 per cent increase. It was on Monday, March 28th that Ki...

South Bruce Peninsula council has made public, a letter from Genivar recently, after satisfying themselves there was no indication of litigation against the municipality. You may recall Genivar was do...

The Minister of Correctional Services has been asked for a costing review of the plan to close the jails in Owen Sound and Walkerton. Jim Bradley and Assistant Deputy Minister Steven Small met on Thur...

Bruce Power officials admit there could be a substantial delay in their project to ship steam generators on the Great Lakes to Sweden. In the latest move, the Sierra Club, which has been against the p...

The Bluewater public school board is hosting another Accommodation Review Committee Meeting tonight. It begins at 7 PM at Chesley District High School and the fate of the schools in Chesley and Hanove...

The Ontario Fire Marshall’s office has released more information about the blaze in Listowel that killed two volunteer firefighters. The Fire Marshall confirms contractors were repairing the roo...

The importance of agriculture will be the focus of a workshop for almost 800 students in southern Grey and Bruce. The two day Roots of Bruce 2011 program is being held starting today, and students in ...

A children’s choir from Uganda is coming to Chesley tonight to bring a message of hope. The Watoto Children’s Choir has been travelling the world since 1994 to spread awareness and hope to...

One of the first all candidates meetings in Bruce Grey Owen Sound went today. The four federal candidates participated in a forum at 10:30 AM at OSCVI. The candidates — Larry Miller, Kimberley L...

It’s back to court again for Durham area raw milk farmer Michael Schmidt. You may remember he won his court battle with the Ontario government in January of 2010, when he was pronounced “n...