Category Archives: Local News

Trustees with the Bluewater District School Board have spent a lot of time making sure the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed. They met as the Board Policy Committee on Tuesday and wen...

Kincardine Council is thinking about allowing an emergency access road to be open to traffic whenever Highway 21 and Bruce Road 23 are closed in bad weather. The road connects the Lorne Beach subdivis...

Rebuilding the Grey-Bruce County Line intersection at Scone will have to wait until 2011. Bruce County Engineer Brian Knox says the complication is the major reconstruction project planned for Chesley...

The sounds of the Owen Sound and District Pipe Band just got sweeter. The group has received 15 thousand dollars from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Band Manager Perry Prescott says they will use th...

Have you ever thought of taking a natural approach to your health? A new Naturopathic Doctor has set up a practice in Southampton. David Miller is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Me...

A prominent Wiarton businessman who passed away in 2007 is now being remembered with a special memorial fund. The Thomas G. Norris Helping Kids Legacy Fund was launched Friday during a ceremony at the...

Internet shopping can be a convenience but in some cases, it can be real sneaky too. Take negative option billing for instance. It’s a business practice whee goods or services are provided autom...

It seems to be scam and fraud season. Several have been reported in the last few days and the latest comes from South Bruce OPP. Police say a resident from the Paisley area, received a phone call from...

The Hall of St. Andrew’s United Church in Hepworth is looking forward to a brighter future in 2010. The church has received a 15 thousand dollar grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation for bu...

The Owen Sound branch of the Canadian Red Cross decided to open today, in order to accept donations to Haitian relief efforts. Community Services Co-ordinator Stephanie Murray says the office — ...