Category Archives: Local News

Kincardine Fire Department is getting a new pumper truck. Council agreed to the purchase at a recent meeting. In his report, Fire Chief Jamie MacKinnon says the Spartan Pumper Truck will cost almost $...

St. Mary’s High School Student Trustee Charlotte Curley is a mission. She wants her school to be water bottle free. Curley is urging the school to remove bottled water from the cafeteria and ven...

A 30-year police veteran has been named Chief Superintendent of the OPP’s Western Region based in London. John Cain has served as the Western Region’s Director of Operations, Director of S...

The Bruce Peninsula OPP is conducting an investigation after a vehicle was struck by a bullet. The incident occurred Friday just after 7 AM on Highway 6 near the wind turbines just south of the Northe...

Once again this year, local art will be on display around Owen Sound. The Owen Sound Art Banner Committee will be busy sifting through submissions from locals to choose 60 pieces to hang around the ha...

Hanover Fire Fighters responded to 93 calls last year, resulting in no fire fatalities, one fire injury and 677 thousand dollars in fire losses. Fire Chief Ken Roseborough says the biggest events of t...

The Alzheimer’s Society of Grey-Bruce says a healthy heart means a healthy brain. With February being heart month, Public Education Coordinator Sandra Hong encourages everyone to maintain a heal...

While renovations to the Wiarton and District Community Centre and Arena are almost complete, the fundraising effort is not. So today the fundraising committee is hosting and event to get them closer ...

Projecting signs on businesses in Saugeen Shores are here to stay and town council has voted to make it easier to get them. Deputy Mayor Luke Charbonneau called for and won the waiving of licencing fe...

Huron-Bruce Conservative MP Ben Lobb says new legislation dealing with so-called white collar criminals after they enter the prison system will help protect Canadians. The bill recently passed in the ...