Category Archives: Local News

Many stations are now selling gas for under 80-cents a litre. Owen Sound started the ball rolling this afternoon, followed quickly by the Saugeen Shores area. Most stations should be selling gas for 7...

Saugeen Shores Director of Engineering, Dave Burnside had hoped it would be done by mid-November, but says it will be closer to the end of the month now. Curbs, a sidewalk and signalized intersection ...

In the past, it was a religious ceremony or a civil ceremony thru a Justice of the Peace but that has changed. South Bruce Peninsula Clerk Rhonda Cook says the town decided to allow marriage commissio...

Owen Sound Police Chief Tom Kaye feels the province’s announcement to upload court security costs was a waste of time. In late October, the Ontario government announced they would begin to cover...

Local watersheds aren’t in the best health. According to the Watershed Report Card from Saugeen Conservation, the surface water quality in Kincardine’s Penetangore River gets a “C...

The debate over some cottages on leased township land in Huron-Kinloss is heating up. Huron-Kinloss council does not want to renew the leases for the cottage lots on Poplar Beach when they expire in S...

The Walmart store in Owen Sound is proposing a 40 thousand square foot expansion. City council has approved the first step which is to call a public meeting to discuss a change in zoning so the store ...

The City of Owen Sound is going to allow free downtown parking on Saturday’s in December. Council has approved a plan to allow free parking on Saturday’s on 2nd Avenue East for the month o...

Dr. Kerr Clarke is retiring from practice in January. Chair of the Physician retention and recruitment committee Mark Rogan says fortunately, he was only working part-time and his patient load isnR...

A resident sent an email to the township asking for something to be done about runoff polluting lake water. The township has also received a report from the Ministry of the Environment on algae that e...