Category Archives: Local News

A 42 year old Owen Sound man will be back in a Sarnia courtoom on September 17th to have a date set for his trial on a charge of first degree murder. Nine days of preliminary hearing testimony ended W...

A Grey County man charged with murder in an incident involving a tractor has been granted bail in Ontario Superior court. 48 year old Laurie Porteus of Chatsworth Township was charged with second degr...

Testing at two schools in the Bluewater District School Board shows no problem with radio frequency levels created by WI-Fi use in the schools. Chair of the Board, Jennifer Yenssen, says an outside te...

The recovery process for Owen Sound skier Larisa Yurkiw continues. The 22 year old Yurkiw — who was badly injured in a crash at Val D’Isere, France last December — was in London this...

Owen Sound is home to a world champion dancer. Daniel Carr has recently returned home from the 2010 Cowal Highland Gathering in Dunoon, Scotland. This past weekend Carr won the Highland Dancing World ...

Owen Sound Councillor Deb Haswell has decided to run for the Mayor’s office in this October’s municipal election. Haswell filed her nomination papers this morning to run against incumbent ...

The Davidson Centre addition construction in Kincardine has hit a snag. Council was informed Wednesday that structural deficiencies have been discovered in the load-bearing capacity of the east founda...

There are more drugs off the streets of Owen Sound. The City Police Drug Unit and HEAT Unit stopped a vehicle in downtown Owen Sound on Wednesday on suspicion she was violating a condition of bail. Th...

Grey County OPP are now releasing information on the “Primary Cause” of a fatal crash on Highway 6 just south of Varney. In a news release, the OPP say the left front tire “blew̶...

Owners of the Scone Mill and Dam are fighting for disaster relief funds. A torrential downpour on August 14th washed out the front right corner of the mill building causing between 175 thousand and 25...