Category Archives: Local News

Perth County OPP have a 28 year old man in custody after an overnight standoff in Listowel. Police were called shortly after midnight about a man described as distressed at a home on York Avenue North...

Hanover is prepared to support the Saugeen Conservation Authority’s proposed budget hike of 5.6 per cent. That is despite the fact the town will be one of the hardest hit municipalities with the...

Education advocate Peter Ferguson wanted to speak at the Bluewater District School Board meeting on Tuesday — but there was no one to listen. Ferguson wanted to speak to trustees as an unannounc...

The town of Saugeen Shores could soon become the keeper of not one, but four lighthouses in the area. Chantry Island; McNabb Point; Saugeen River Rear Range and Saugeen River Front Range lighthouses a...

The Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum is celebrating Marine Month with a few special events. An exhibit is opening Wednesday night called Inspirations: The Art of Duane Fenwick. Curator Mindy Gill s...

The Southwest Local Health Integration Network has a new Chair of the Board of Directors. Jeffrey Low brings 16 years of governance experience in the fields of health care and post secondary education...

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is concerned about influenza outbreaks in the region. Program Manager for Infectious Diseases Karen Sweiger says there have been 9 flu related deaths since January in the re...

The Owen Sound Regional Rec Centre has received it’s largest donation to date. Owen Sound Ledgerock is making a 150 thousand dollar cash donation — and will be gifting the Bruce County lim...

You won’t see wind turbines sitting in the waters of the Great Lakes and Georgian Bay anytime soon. But while the McGuinty government is ruling out wind-driven energy projects offshore now the d...

The CAO of Arran Elderslie is out of a job. Municipal staff were informed Tuesday that Council is eliminating the position of the chief administrative officer. Current CAO A-P Crawford will receive a ...