Category Archives: Local News

It’s good news if you’re a renter, but it’s not making landlords particularly happy. The rent increase guideline for 2011 is at it’s lowest rate in 35 years. The government has...

Despite the criticism it’s received — the Bluewater public school board has plans for change in 2011. Chair of the Board Marg Gaviller admits it isn’t perfect, but states changes hav...

There are big changes coming to the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre in Southampton. This is the last summer a feature exhibit will come from outside of the Museum. Past feature exhibits have...

Owen Sound Council and Staff will get together on Thursday and Friday for what’s being called a pre-budget round table discussion at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery. It combines two previous aspects...

It’s going to be tough slugging ahead when it comes to the 2011 Kincardine budget. It wasn’t pretty as Kincardine Council threw around ideas about how to handle the upcoming budget discuss...

Kincardine is under a new governance system at least for the time being. At Wednesday’s meeting — it was decided the Committee of the Whole system would be used at least through the budget...

If you are trying to contact the Saugeen Conservation Authority — you are out of luck. Staff are moving from their Hanover office to their new facility in Formosa, which is the former Trillium M...

Students at Kincardine District Secondary School are going to find out what happens when you’re forced to evacuate your home due to a power outage, fire, flood, winter storm, or any other natura...

2010 was a solid year for new construction in the township of Georgian Bluffs. Chief Building official, Bill Klingenberg, says the total value of permits issued last year was 21.5 million dollars comp...

Brockton is the latest municipality to join an inter municipal wind turbine working group created by Arran Elderslie. The mandate of the group is to put pressure on the province to provide municipalit...