Category Archives: Local News

The automakers are making their case on both sides of the border for billions of dollars in government funding. 86 per cent of the respondents to our recent internet news poll do not want our federal ...

Council members have approved a wage freeze for their salaries as they begin work on the 2009 budget. Mayor Ruth Lovell Stanners says they understand the tough economic times residents face and they d...

A Meaford area world traveller is glad to be back. Frank Bassingthwaite, his wife Janet and a handful of other area residents arrived home from Thailand on Friday night. Bassingthwaite says it’s...

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is holding its final free flu clinic of the year today at Hanover Heights Community School from 4 PM to 8 PM. 246 people received their flu shot at a clinic in Dundalk last ...

Kincardine Hospital Infection Control Practitioner Bente Plantt says they are taking the ban on visitors day by day, so they can’t say when they hope to change that status. She says they closed ...

Saugeen Shores Manager of Recreation and Culture for the town Jayne Jagelewski says the next meeting on the proposed aquatic centre for the town is set for Tuesday at the Rotary Hall at the Plex, Noon...

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre in Kincardine is closed to visitors. The hospital is closing the inpatient unit to visitors due to an increase in gastrointestinal illness. The Grey Bruce Health Uni...

A Christmas time favourite continues today in Owen Sound. The 69th annual CFOS Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast will take place from 1 PM to 8 PM at the Roxy Theatre. Hundreds of people will perform...

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Hanover and District received a cheque for 10 thousand dollars from the Ontario Ministry of Education last week. The grant will allow Big Brothers and Big Sisters to hi...

A prestigious award for the Director of Care at Bruce Lea Haven in Walkerton. Lesley Borth has been named a Mentor of the Year by the province. Over 80 people were nominated and only 3 awards were giv...