Category Archives: Local News

Fifteen years of Thursday Cruiser Nights in Southampton each summer has raised a pile of cash for the Saugeen Memorial Hospital Foundation. Organizer Gary Brown says as of last Thursday — throug...

South Bruce continues to go against the current when it comes to building activity. Chief Building Official Don Jackson says 24 building permits with a construction value of 5.6 million dollars were i...

In the wake of two serious lightning incidents in Ontario in the past week — Environment Canada wants people to realize how dangerous and deadly thunder storms can be. Senior Climatologist David...

Saugeen Shores and Grand Bend are going to be snooping on each other. The two towns have agreed to a request from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to take part in the First Impressi...

Huron Kinloss Council is going to go ahead and approve a tiered response agreement that would allow firefighters to respond in certain medical situations –before paramedics arrive at the scene. ...

Affordable housing and a women’s shelter will be going up in Wiarton. Town of South Bruce Peninsula Council voted in favour of the construction of two housing units on the corner of Charles Stre...

Efforts are underway to try and make the local Grey Bruce Economy more self sufficient. It’s called the Local Motive project, and according to one of the organizers its an attempt bring more loc...

There could be some new development coming to Hanover’s west end. Craft Development Corporation of Etobicoke has expressed interest in building an 11 thousand square foot building on site of the...

The dream of being on a box of cereal – is about to become reality for a Port Elgin man. Wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy is among 32 olympic and paralympic athletes chosen to appear on Cheerios bo...

South Bruce Council has endorsed the idea of signing up another doctor for the Brockton Family Health Team. A doctor is supposed to be interested in coming to Brockton, but South Bruce wants to be sur...