Category Archives: Local News

A big day in Walkerton; the Miss Midwest and Princess Pageant is tonight. Pageant President and CEO Barb MacArthur says this year 36 girls are competing, in what she calls a non beauty pagaent. MacArt...

Bruce Power is getting ready to say its annual thank you to its staff and the communities surrounding its facility. This year’s Beach Party takes place tonight at Reunion Park and Station Beach ...

18 Students taking part in the first ever Medquest camp in Owen Sound, along with city firefighters and Grey County EMS personnel got to practice responding to a potentially deadly disaster situation ...

Everything old is new again. The 33rd annual Port Elgin Antique Show and Sale is about to unfold. Spokesperson Daphne Ives says it’s a two-day event running Friday 10 AM to 8 PM and Saturday 10 ...

The Bruce Grey Catholic School Board is reviewing its walking boundaries for students. The School Board is considering implementing a 1.6 kilometre walking boundary for each school. That means all stu...

There could be more wind farms popping up in the region. PRENEAL Canada, in a news release, has announced signing an agreement with landowners on the Bruce Peninsula. PRENEAL Project and Community Rel...

Hanover and Walkerton residents are being encouraged to compost. Green Cones are now being sold at the Hanover Walkerton Landfill Site. The solar powered food waste digester is being sold at cost to r...

There is a new breed of urban farmers emerging in cities and towns all across Ontario. This new wave of farming is called SPIN or small plot intensive farming where backyards are being turned into min...

A 19 year old Dundalk man will stand trial on a charge of 1st degree murder. Derek Gauvin was committed to stand trial in Superior court, when his preliminary hearing wrapped up Thursday. A publicatio...

Air conditioners and fans are not running at full tilt – and officials at Bruce Power in Tiverton are feeling the effects. The nuclear generating station has shut down a reactor at the request o...