Category Archives: Local News

Students at four area schools will get a special talk about drinking and drug use. The presentation is called Walking After Midnight: The Story of Bob, and has been organized by the Grey-Bruce Health ...

There are fewer car seat clinics being held by the Grey Bruce Health Unit this year. Program Manager of Family Health, Sarah Ellis says there is a reason. They want to educate parents on how to instal...

You’ll be hard pressed to find cheap gas along the Lake Huron Shoreline. Gas prices are around 1-14 a litre in Saugeen Shores. South on Highway 21, you’ll find prices in the Kincardine are...

A group of nursing students from Georgian College in Owen Sound are making a trip to the Dominican Republic — but it won’t be for a holiday. Instead of staying at a posh beach front resort...

The Huron County budget has finally been passed. The increase is set at 4.3 percent, which brings the 2008 budget to just under 32 million dollars. Warden John Bezaire says it was a long process, as t...

Gord Currie of Goderich says he’s disappointed and angry. He was reacting to the news that his niece Brenda Martin has been sentenced to five years in custody by a Mexican judge. Martin was foun...

Walmart will be coming to Saugeen Shores. The Ontario Municipal Board, in a 37-page document approved the application for the development of the shopping centre in south Port Elgin put forward by Shor...

Some vacant farmland across from the Grey Bruce Health Service building in Owen Sound could soon be sprouting more than just milkweed and thistles. The 60 acre property has been purchased by the Bramp...

A teacher at Spruce Ridge Community School in Durham has been named New Teacher of the Year. Grade 1 instructor, Tracy Napper Sharpe, is one of three teachers from Ontario to win this award. One of th...

As the crisis in the Hog Industry worsens, a lot of producers are considering getting out of the business. President of the Canadian Pork Council, Clare Schlegel says there is a lot of interest in a 5...