Category Archives: Local News

An Owen Sound athlete is getting closer to the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Jason Crone is playing for Canada at a wheelchair rugby tournament in Australia. It begins this weekend and runs throughout t...

There is a special open house in Clinton Satuday. A new organization called Dad Loves You Too is opening its doors to the public from 1 til 4. Founder Dennis Valenta says his only goal is to eventuall...

Today’s Games (All Times Eastern) Canadian Major Junior Hockey Championship Memorial Cup at Kitchener, Ontario. Semifinal (1) Belleville vs. Kitchener, 7 p.m. American Hockey League Playoffs (2)...

A big banner of recognition hangs at GC Huston Public School in Southampton. Recently, Mrs. Judy Stoner’s grade 5-6 class won a provincial competition surrounding energy and conservation. ItR...

Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell is speaking out over Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory’s suggestion to get rid of the retail sales tax. Tory says between Victoria Day weekend and Labour D...

Making some noise about health care funding, may have helped the Hanover and District hospital. The chief of the staff, Doctor Bob Basilij complained the provinces’ funding for wait times had a ...

A special conference to take the pulse of Lake Huron gets under way today at the CAW Centre in Port Elgin. The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation hosting the event that will deal with such iss...

Owen Sound Police may have found the minivan involved in a pursuit… all the way in Arthur. Police tried to stop a maroon Chrysler minivan Wednesday afternoon in the area of 7th Avenue East and 6...

Disability Support workers in Owen Sound got away from their desks during the lunch hour yesterday. Ontario Disability Support Program employees across the province took part in a lunch-hour protest w...

Owen Sound is the last city on Georgian Bay to only treat it’s waste water at the primary level… but getting funding for an upgrade remains a problem. The Environmental Commissioner of Ont...