Category Archives: Local News

A major commercial complex in Owen Sound is running into roadblocks. City Councillors have sent back to staff a proposal for a large scale big box development beside the Home Depot store. A land devel...

Police say dental records were needed to confirm that remains found Sunday near Mount Forest are those of missing Tori Stafford. The eight-year-old girl was last seen on almost 3 and a half months ago...

Huron Kinloss Council is reacting to reports of an accidental gunshot at a local campground. Mayor Mitch Twolan says the municipal office has received a couple of phone calls about a stray bullet maki...

Building stats for the first half of 2009 are down in the Township of Georgian Bluffs. Chief Building Official Bill Klingenberg reports the value of construction fell just shy of 8-million dollars. Th...

Twenty new houses will soon be built in Port Elgin. A Subdivision Agreement has passed the Committee of the Whole level at council that will see 20 new single family homes built on the east side of Ma...

It appears gas prices are on their way up. In Saugeen Shores at least one station has a litre of regular unleaded gas at 92.5-cents. It has been as low as 85.3 cents a litre but the trend has been tha...

A boost for health care in Owen Sound. The Family Physician Recruitment Committee has raised 24 thousand dollars. The news comes as a strategy is being developed to build a new larger medical clinic i...

The Harper government wants you to put your two cents-worth in as they craft next year’s federal budget. Huron-Bruce Conservative MP Ben Lobb says his party is getting started early by collectin...

Building permit and construction value numbers were soft for Kincardine in June. Building and Planning Manager Michele Barr says 29 permits worth 4.7-million dollars were issued last month, compared t...

The Municipality of South Bruce is trying to figure out what to do about its financial stake in the Bruce, Grey and Huron Disability Transportation Corporation. Mayor Bill Goetz says since South Bruce...