Category Archives: Local News

The Owen Sound Emancipation Festival board has decided it will NOT move the 149th annual event to Kelso Beach this year. Board Chair Blaine Courtney tells Bayshore Broadcasting News they must stay at ...

It’s going to be an uphill battle for the Saugeen Sustainability and Volunteer Resource Centre to be sustainable itself. That’s the findings from a Needs Analysis Survey conducted by SMART...

A rabid bat has been found in the Walkerton area. The Grey Bruce Health Unit says test results confirm rabies in a bat found in Brockton. Officials say there was no human involvement with the animal. ...

If any one group of individuals was responsible for pioneer communities survival — it was the blacksmiths. Without a Blacksmith — rural communities throughout Grey Bruce rarely survived. B...

The Hanover and District Hospital has some shopping to do. The Hospital Board has approved 700 thousand dollars in new capital equipment purchases for 2011. The money will be spread across the various...

A move by Queens Park to close the jails in Owen Sound and Walkerton could have a big impact on the local economy of both communities. And OPSEU plans to fight the closures with a new campaign. There ...

The New Democrats have their federal candidate for the riding of Bruce Grey Owen Sound. Karen Gventer won the nomination on Wednesday. She last ran in the 2000 federal election and finished fourth in ...

April is a sure sign of spring — and the Canadian Cancer Society always marks the month with their annual daffodil fundraiser. But this year, they’re doing something different. Jenn Wright...

Nominations are now closed for this year’s Tommy Cooper award. It goes to the person who has made the greatest contribution to agriculture and rural living. The award commemorates the late Tommy...

The Kincardine/Port Elgin accommodation review committee continues to look at several options on the table that could dictate the future of the schooling picture in Kincardine. It wasn’t a big c...