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Pierce Mbuyi's third period power-play goal helped the Owen Sound Attack earn a point Thursday, but Kieron Walton was a one-man show in overtime.

With school bus cancellations piling up as quickly as the snowbanks in the area, school boards in Grey-Bruce have been taking steps to help families navigate the challenges that come with learning The Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board on Thursday announced that it has launched its Always Learning website, serving as a central hub of [...]

Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody said Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey is promising to spend $5 million on Walkerton courthouse renovations. Peabody said the news was shared with him and other Bruce County officials at a joint meeting arranged with both Downey and Solicitor General Michael Kerzner at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in January. [...]

Supportive Outreach Services has added a highly modified Sprinter van that will allow the program to expand its services in the community. The new van has been converted into a mobile clinic designed to provide a safe, comfortable and welcoming space where trust can be built and care can be delivered with dignity, according to [...]

Part of the problem is there are fewer farmers to sell to, as large farm operations swallow them up, Midwest Co-op general manager Allan Williamson said.

A nice dinner and a few other perks are in the cards for a Hanover woman who recently won $100,000 playing the lottery. OLG announced on Wednesday that Wilma Hannivan had won the big prize after matching six of seven Encore numbers in exact order in the December 30 Lotto Max draw. The retired personal [...]

A recently refined skills matrix" will soon be used to assess new Grey Bruce Public Health board members. Over the next 5-6 weeks the board's appointing bodies will have this helpful tool available to assess potential appointees," an update from special advisors to Ontario's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said Wednesday. No [...]

Hanover police have obtained an arrest warrant for a Romanian national and have identified another individual believed to be part of an organized theft ring of professional shoplifters based in the Greater Toronto Area. On Wednesday, police said they worked in partnership with other policing partners across Ontario, corporate security specialists and Canada Border Services [...]

Heavy snow, unstable ice and hazardous terrain made continuing the search too dangerous for ground searchers, police said Monday, after looking for Van-Veen for days.

While other Ontario municipalities are beginning to sweat as salt supplies dwindle, it's all systems go in Grey-Bruce, for now. Reports have surfaced this week detailing a growing operational headache in places like Brockville, Pickering, and London, as supplies of winter road salt are running low due to near-constant winter storms and road clearing. In [...]

An alpine skier with local ties will look to win another Olympic medal when the 2026 Winter Games in Milano and Cortina, Italy, begin this week. James Jack" Crawford won bronze in Beijing 2022 in the men's alpine combined, becoming the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in any alpine skiing combined event. He [...]

The Owen Sound Attack embark on a five-game road trip over the next two weeks. The Bayshore Boys will play in Peterborough, Kingston, Ottawa, Erie and Niagara before returning home on Valentine's Day to face Carter George and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. As of Wednesday morning, the Attack (20-24-1-3) were sitting in sixth place [...]

At the ROMA conference last month, Right away, Minister Kerzner told us that he was committed to opening the jail." -- Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody

One person has been arrested and charged and police are seeking the public's help in identifying two others in relation to counterfeit currency circulating in the Durham and Hanover areas. On Monday evening, a 27-year-old West Grey woman was arrested after she allegedly used counterfeit currency at two local Durham businesses, West Grey police said [...]

Community Foundation Grey Bruce awarded more than $1 million in grants to regional charities and non-profits in 2025.

For over a decade, people in the Walkerton and Hanover area have advocated for hospice services closer to home. This summer, they're hoping to put shovels in the ground for the new seven-bed centre.

He had ventilated the silo for a half hour beforehand. Where did the gas come from?

Speaking for someSaugeen Shoresice users, Jordan MacKinnon, president of the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks, urged town council to move ahead now with planning for a second pad at The Plex. A consultant said its not needed until 2036.

Hanover police said there are reports of phony $100 bills in the area. Often most susceptible to receiving counterfeit money are retail stores, convenience stores, restaurants offering takeout and drive through food orders, alcohol and cannabis stores and gas stations, police said in a release Monday. Police are encouraging businesses to educate their employees who [...]

Money for more CT scans and to tackle surgical backlogs is coming to Grey-Bruce hospitals. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers announced provincial funding totaling $2,227,500 in a news release Monday. Brightshores Health System will get $1,369,000 and South Bruce Grey Health Centre will receive $400,000 more to provide additional CT services. Also, Brightshores is to [...]

Police have paused a search for James Van-Veen, carried out over days at Inglis Falls, after his vehicle was found unoccupied in the Inglis Falls parking lot. The search began after a report that the 64-year-old Georgian Bluffs man failed to arrive at work, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Monday. A short [...]

Wiarton Willie did not see his shadow, crowd at 70th edition of Groundhog Day festival hears

Lucknow-area organic farmer Tony McQuail is remaining in the federal NDP leadership race after meeting the final requirements to run as a candidate. McQuail, 72, is one of five candidates who will be on the ballot when the party membership votes at their convention in Winnipeg March 27-29, after he was able to secure enough [...]

A Collingwood man was seriously injured after he was struck by a vehicle that failed to remain at the scene in The Blue Mountains. At about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Collingwood OPP were called to the single-vehicle collision on Grey Road 19 in Craigleith where a vehicle had struck a pedestrian. The preliminary investigation indicates that [...]

After winning a pair of games this week, the Owen Sound Attack are starting to remember how fun it can be to come out on top.

Winter may have had its icy grip on Wiarton this weekend, but that didn't stop Mallory Beach's Marie Rutherford from taking her grandkids down to Bluewater Park for some outdoor fun at the 70th annual Wiarton Willie Festival. The temperature outside was around -13 Celsius and felt like -20 C with the windchill, but Kyler, [...]

One person died and another sustained life-threatening injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Sauble Beach Saturday. Grey Bruce OPP responded along with the South Bruce Peninsula Fire Department, Grey County EMS and Bruce County EMS to the crash on Sauble Falls Parkway near Sixth Street North shortly after 1 p.m. An 83-year-old man was transported [...]

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Two Grey County municipal police services - in Hanover and West Grey - have announced they are not participating in the voluntary federal Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program. The federal government, starting in 2020, has deemed prohibited more than 2,500 makes and models of firearms. The deadline to seek compensation for non-compliant firearms is March 31. [...]

Project phase the town chose includes a community centre, outside daycar play area, servicing and asphalt and paving

Owen Sound is planning another round of snow removal in the River District after a snowy January buried the city. Beginning at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4, work crews are to begin removing excess snow in the city's River District, with the work expected to be completed early Thursday morning. Vehicles parked in the [...]

Saugeen First Nation leadership has advised its members to be cautious when travelling to the United States and ensure their documents are in order. In a notice posted to social media earlier this week, Saugeen First Nation Chief Conrad Ritchie forwarded information received from the Jay Treaty Border Alliance (JTBA) regarding the current situation in [...]

A flood watch remains in effect until Feb. 2.

The Owen Sound Attack is alerting the community to an e-mail scam targeting its fans, sponsors and business partners. The Ontario Hockey League club said in a media release Thursday it has become aware of an e-mail scam in which individuals impersonate members of the team's business operations department to deceive local businesses and fans. [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars added four prospects in the 2026 Major Series Lacrosse draft this past Sunday. North Stars Owner and GM Steve McCarthy said he was targeting size and that most of the players selected should be able to contribute right away. Being a young team in the league, you know, certainly other [...]

By 2035, Ontario homelessness is projected to total 177,000 people, up from nearly 85,000 people at the end of 2025. But if there's an economic downturn, homelessness could reach almost 300,000.

A new online platform makes visiting the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre easier, even when Old Man Winter makes travelling almost impossible. The museum has launched its new virtual museum experience, developed in partnership with Georgian College, allowing visitors to explore its galleries and spaces virtually at anytime and from anywhere. Partnering with Georgian [...]

A pair of local softball players will travel with Team Canada to Columbia later this year to compete in the 2026 WBSC U23 Men's Softball World Cup.

Eight names will appear on the ballot for a byelection ofchiefat theChippewas ofNawashUnceded First Nation. The list of candidates was released by electoral officer Vaughn Johnston on Wednesday. Following the Jan. 22 nomination meetingatNeyaashiinigmiing, a preliminary listof 16 candidates was released, but nominees had until Tuesdayto withdrawtheir name from appearing on the ballot. The candidates [...]

A Wiarton church and Community Living plan to build eight apartments for people with developmental disabilities is one step closer to becoming a reality. Following a public meeting at Tuesday's South Bruce Peninsula council meeting, councillors approved proposed amendments to the town's official plan, paving the way for the project to proceed once the necessary [...]

The Owen Sound Attack erased a two-goal deficit and beat the Western-Conference-leading Kitchener Rangers in overtime.

The Municipality of Meaford will explore an idea to make some vacant surplus lands available for tiny home communities. At its committee of the whole meeting on Monday, council approved a motion by Deputy-mayor Shirley Keaveney directing staff to initiate a strategic land disposal process, including the development of a Request for Prequalification procedure, to [...]

The Municipality of Meaford is planning a phased-in approach to regulating short-term rentals that starts with the creation of a registry and culminates with a formal licensing program. During its committee of the whole meeting on Monday, council approved a project plan for STR regulations from staff and endorsed the initiation of the STR regulation [...]

A driver suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash involving two SUVs on Bruce Road 8 in South Bruce Peninsula Wednesday afternoon. Grey Bruce OPP posted on Facebook about 2:45 p.m. that the road was closed and police were on the scene. The driver who was badly hurt was to be airlifted to a trauma centre, [...]

Meteorologist says Grey-Bruce is headed for a 'snowier than normal winter.'

Meaford has awarded the contract for a new splash pad at McCarroll Park. On Monday, council approved a committee of the whole recommendation to award the supply and installation of the new splash pad to Open Space Solutions for $332,262.25. The splash pad is expected to be completed in the spring. In the fall, playground [...]

The vast majority of overdoses happen in Grey County, mostly in Owen Sound.

The extreme cold that has settled on Grey and Bruce counties is challenging the area's unhoused and the agencies that support them. Safe N Sound Grey Bruce, which operates a 24-hour warming centre, community outreach and other services in Owen Sound, is seeing more people during the cold snap. Rachel Paterson, chair of Safe N [...]

Owen Sound is accepting nominations for its 2026 Arts and Culture Awards. The awards celebrate excellence in the Owen Sound area's arts, culture and heritage by recognizing groups and individuals for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the area's cultural vitality. This year awards will include emerging artist, cultural impact, artistic excellence, outstanding event, cultural [...]

A pair of new exhibitions have opened at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound. Forecast - January to June, and Harold Klunder: The Dance of Life launched with an opening reception at the gallery on Saturday. Together, Harold Klunder: The Dance of Life and Forecast reflect the gallery's commitment to presenting art as [...]