Category Archives: Local News

The Global recession is certainly being felt now in Saugeen region. Figures released by the Sagueen Economic Development Corporation show all 6 indicators with negative numbers in the First quarter of...

West Grey is looking to team up with a Korean consortium in disposing garbage in the municipality. They will be looking to set up incineration and steam generation units and are currently doing a feas...

Several repair projects are planned for this summer at public schools in Grey Bruce. The Bluewater District School Board has targeted 7 schools that will undergo repairs or upgrades after the board qu...

If one Owen Sound Councillor gets his way, chickens could soon be coming to local homes to roost. David Adair wants the city to change its bylaw to allow families to keep chickens in their back yard i...

Ontario is proposing a one-window approvals process and standardized requirements for renewable energy projects. What that means to the town of Saugeen Shores will be discussed at a public meeting ton...

Bruce Peninsula OPP were kept busy over the weekend with several incidents. Officers were called after a rented canoe overturned in Dorcus Bay. Three people from outside the region, were flipped into ...

Details continue to be worked out surrounding plans for a new 36-unit not-for-profit housing development in Port Elgin. Bruce County Manager of Housing Services Susan Earle says they should have the r...

The Auditors Report is in and the Hanover and District Hospital has received a clean bill of health. BDO Dunwoody Accountant John Hunt says the Hospital had a good year. The hospital managed to end th...

The Conservative MP for Huron-Bruce looks back with satisfaction at what the Harper government was able to accomplish in the Parliamentary sitting that has just ended. Ben Lobb is back in the riding a...

One Relay for Life event is in the books — 6 more to go in Grey Bruce. The first event of the summer for the Canadian Cancer Society wrapped up at the Cape Croker Indian Park Saturday morning. O...