Category Archives: Local News

Owen Sound is upping its number of Goods Exchange Days next year to three. Council has endorsed the recommendation by the city’s Environmental and Waste Advisory Committee. Right now there are t...

An organizational review of how the Municipality of South Bruce is set up continues. Mayor Bill Goetz says they’ve already implemented some of the changes in the report drafted by the consultant...

Patients going to hospitals in Listowel and Wingham will no longer need to take their X-rays with them when they go to a specialist. The CEO of the The Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance Margaret Com...

Officials from Owen Sound have taken the issue of Springmount’s expansion, right to the Municipal affairs office. Grey County approved a plan to expand Springmount’s boundaries, but the ci...

A 9 month old baby girl appears to be OK after being hit by a car in Owen Sound. Police say a vehicle collided with a baby stroller being pushed her parent at the corner of 10th Street and 2nd Avenue ...

It looks like there will be NO de-almagamation of the Kincardine Hospital from the South Bruce Grey Health Centre. That news coming from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Conference in Otta...

Owen Sound isn’t any closer to taking possession of its harbour from the federal government. It may also be no closer to having the waterway dredged, but the idea is at least on Transport Canada...

A bit of a surprise for Saugeen Shores as the federal government has offered to transfer ownership of Chantry Island to Bruce County. Bruce County has received a letter from the Department of Public W...

Hog farmers are now facing a tough decision — take a long-term loan and restructure or shut the farm down. The federal government is offering a 75-million dollar buy-out or long-term loans for t...

Grey County OPP has called it one of the worst — if not the worst weekends for impaired driving this summer. Police charged six drivers with being drunk behind on the wheel on Saturday and Sunda...