Category Archives: Local News

A pilot program aimed at supporting the province’s oilseed producers has been extended into the 2010 crop year. The Risk Management Program (RMP) program helps farmers offset losses caused by lo...

9th Street East in downtown Owen Sound will be rebuilt all the way to 2nd Avenue East, as originally planned. City council decided at a special meeting on Wednesday to approve the project, which will ...

Georgian Bluffs will take out a 15-year debenture to pay for the biodigester it and Chatsworth are building together. But the municipality remains optimistic the waste disposal system will be paid off...

Good news for swimmers in Owen Sound. The Grey Bruce Health Unit has finally re-opened Kelso and Bayshore Beaches to swimming. The beaches were posted as unsafe for swimming on July 13th because of hi...

The investigation is now closed into the propane fire at the UPI gas station in Port Elgin. The Technical Standards and Safety Authority was looking into the fire that happened last Wednesday. The inv...

Bruce Power is welcoming the public hearing called by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. After public concerns were raised about the nuclear company’s plans to ship 16, decommissioned steam...

There has been a changing of the guard at the Children’s Aid Society of Grey County. Phyllis Lovell has been named as the Society’s new Executive Director replacing Sydney Misener who reti...

If you have ever toured the Tom Thomson and wondered where the views originated from for his art — then this is evening for you. Since the 70’s — Sue and Jim Waddington have been res...

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture has fired off its comments to the Ontario Power Authority over its proposed rate cut for ground mounted solar installations. Federation Vice President Don McCabe ...

No federal election has been called — but the Liberals are touring the province as if there is an election campaign. Opposition Health Critic Doctor Carolyn Bennett is visiting the region today ...