Category Archives: Local News

Ontario’s new HST will take away point-of-sale tax exemptions for First Nations members across the province when it comes into effect July 1st. That was the subject of a protest Monday morning a...

Leave those car keys at home today and dust off your bike or walking shoes. The Grey Bruce Health Unit is once again running their Bike-Walk to work challenge for the month of June. Health Promoter Ja...

The real estate boom in Grey Bruce continues, with the average price hitting 226 thousand dollars in May. That is the highest on record, and is 8 per cent higher than a year ago. Grey Bruce Owen Sound...

A proposed residential subdivision in Northern Bruce Peninsula to be located south of Little Pike bay facing opposition from an unusual source. A person involved in snake conservation is worried that ...

While students wait for their report cards, the report cards on the Bluewater District Secondary Schools is in. The Fraser Institute report card, looked at the accomplishments of 722 schools in Ontari...

Seems Grey County residents are an honest lot. The OPP are reporting for the second time in just a few months — a large sum of money has been handed over to its rightful owner. Just after dinner...

Farmers across the country are not terribly impressed with the effectiveness of the Federal AgriStability Program. A Canadian Federation of Independent Business report shows that farmers’ frustr...

Organizers of the Saugeen Shores’ Relay for Life are encouraging the town to go blue and yellow — at least on Mondays. Staff and students at Saugeen Central School are showing us how it...

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of or something you should hide from. The Grey Bruce Community Health Corporation — in connection with the Community Network Support Team — is holdi...

The province’s new Harmonized Sales Tax is looming. The provincial and federal sales taxes comes into effect July 1st. The move will extend the PST to a range of goods and services, including ho...