Category Archives: Local News

The Acting Police Chief in Owen Sound says a savings in the police budget will not impact service. Bill Sornberger presented a budget decrease of 2.55 per cent last week — and it surprised Counc...

The Fraser Institute lists Immaculate Conception in Formosa as one of the top 100 schools in Ontario. The small Catholic school scored a 9.3 out of 10 and is ranked 55th out of almost three thousand O...

Those docks in Chesley Lake that were ordered out of the water by South Bruce Peninsula, don’t have to come out now. Mayor John Close says council and at least 14 dock owners are past that point...

Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan has unveiled the new provincial budget. It includes no new tax increases, or tax cuts — and shows spending for this year 2.6 billion dollars lower than for...

Kincardine taxpayers — better sit down for this one. The tax rate is going up a whopping 12 per cent. Kincardine Treasurer Brenda Booth says on an average assessed home of 196 thousand dollars &...

Bruce Power has announced it will suspend it’s plan to ship steam generators overseas to Sweden for recycling. A statement from President and CEO Duncan Hawthorne states they are delaying their ...

The cause of a weekend house fire in Kincardine will remain undetermined. Kincardine Fire Chief Jamie MacKinnon says they know the blaze started in the garage area on Saturday morning because the owne...

There may be some movement in the First Nations land claim on the Bruce Peninsula, particularly the Sauble Beach land claim. During a recent budget session — CAO Rhonda Cook asked for a 40 thous...

The Bluewater public school board is hosting another public accommodation review meeting tonight in Hanover. It begins at 7 PM at John Diefenbaker Secondary School — and it will look at the fate...

Now that the SIU has completed its investigation — Grey County OPP have released more information about the shooting at Grew Boats Manufacturing south of Rockford. Police confirm the owner ̵...