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Andrea Love says she was hoping the province would announce a regional approach to reopening schools, allowing her three children to finish up their year in the classroom. But the Arran-Elderslie resident said she was left shaking her head by Wednesday’s announcement by Ontario Premier Doug Ford that all schools will remain closed to in-person […]

High-speed Internet through fibre-optic cable is being installed in southern Bruce County, the latest rollout of the SWIFT broadband network across southwestern Ontario. More than 350 homes and businesses throughout South Bruce, within Huron-Kinloss and in the village of Formosa, will soon have cable installed to provide these underserved, rural areas access to high-speed Internet. […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit crossed the 100,000 vaccination threshold Thursday with 102,898 in arms as of Thursday morning, including 9,504 in the preceding seven days. Meanwhile, the health unit reported two new local infections, in Huron Kinloss and The Blue Mountains. There are now 12 active and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the two […]

Georgian Bluffs is informing its residents about bears after sightings of the animals in the municipality this spring. The municipality intends to post some information on its website about what people should do when encountering the animals and how to prevent bear encounters. The move comes after the animals were spotted in the municipality in […]

The Bruce Ski Club hopes to expand its trail system at Hepworth. Georgian Bluffs council will receive a report from staff on a proposal by the ski club to expand into the municipality’s landfill property, which is adjacent to the club’s trail system at the Sawmill Nordic Centre. The landfill closed in 2017 after reaching […]

The Owen Sound Attack’s second pandemic-era draft gets underway Friday night at 7 p.m. Owen Sound will make three selections in the first three rounds of the draft Friday, first with the eighth overall pick and followed by two selections in the third round. The balance of the 15-round draft will be completed Saturday, beginning […]

Owen Sound Aquatic Club para-swimmer Meghan Calhoun is heading to Germany later this month to perform at the final stop of this season’s World Para Swimming World Series. Calhoun will complete the international classification process that, if successful, will give her future access and opportunities to represent Team Canada at international competitions. The season finale […]

The Owen Sound Girls Field Lacrosse program has received a $10,000 grant from Canadian Tire’s Jumpstart Sport Relief Fund. The North Stars program is one of over 500 recreation organizations across Canada to be provided with funding support through the latest round of Jumpstart’s Sport Relief Fund grant process. Earlier this year, Canadian Tire announced […]

A large portion of the 4th Canadian Division Training Centre is so heavily contaminated with unexploded ordnance military personnel are restricted from entry, Meaford officials recently heard. Now, the municipality is planning to ask federal officials to fully disclose the severity of the contamination and their plans to remediate the site over the next 25 […]

Everything is on the table during Owen Sound’s transit service review, from fares to routes and buses to potential on-demand ride options, a city supervisor overseeing the project says. Dennis Fletcher & Associates has been hired to study the transit systems and work has just begun, said Rick Chappell, the city’s interim supervisor of environmental […]

A 39-year-old Owen Sound resident received serious injuries that required surgery after being hit by a vehicle while operating an e-bike. The Owen Sound Police Service says the e-bike was struck after a 32-year-old Wiarton man drove out of a convenience store parking lot in a stolen vehicle and onto 10th Street East. The owner […]

Ontario’s stay-at-home order expired Wednesday, although for most people much will remain the same. Most existing restrictions on businesses, services, gatherings and activities remain in effect and will likely remain in place until the province enters Step 1 of its roadmap to recovery. Ontarians are now able to travel within the province to a secondary […]

Grey County officials expect to decide by the end of June if they will proceed with the purchase of lands adjacent to the Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery east of Priceville. County officials met with representatives of the committee that cares for the cemetery on Tuesday to discuss concerns they raised about a proposal […]

West Grey is experiencing a building boom. The municipality’s building department says permits for 33 new housing units were issued in the first quarter of 2021, which set a new record. Karl Schipprack, West Grey’s chief building official, said the number of building permits issued in the first three months of 2021 is up 82 […]

South Bruce Peninsula’s decision to temporarily convert a Sauble Beach ball diamond into an off-leash dog park has proven so popular that council will consider creating a permanent facility in the beach town in 2022, Mayor Janice Jackson says. “Staff is going to come forward with an area at the Bannister Park and the costing […]

A new system to expedite child and youth mental health visits through emergency rooms has begun in Grey-Bruce. It was prompted by a recent spike in referrals to a local mental health agency and in anticipation of a COVID-19-related wave of mental health problems. Keystone Child, Youth & Family Services has created a system navigator […]

No new cases of COVID-19 were reported Tuesday in Grey-Bruce. The number of positive cases reported is current up to midnight Monday. Grey-Bruce has had 1,345 cases of the pandemic virus, including 389 variants of concern so far, the daily situation report by the Grey Bruce Health Unit said. The health unit is following 10 […]

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Kincardine Pride is holding a three-part webinar series during June, which is Pride Month. While there will be no in-person pride festivities for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kincardine Pride organizers will instead hold the series called “Out” in the Country, which will explore what it means to […]

A petition has been launched asking Owen Sound to rename one of its parks because of the role its namesake had in the establishment of Canada’s Indian residential school system. The petition on change.org calls for the city to change the name of Ryerson Park, at 805 5th Ave. E. By early Tuesday afternoon close […]

In a bid to jolt some life into his pandemic online classes, Flesherton music teacher Charlie Glasspool found inspiration in the weirdest of places. For those who missed it, Saturday was International Drone Day. The Macphail Memorial Elementary School teacher knew of it, thanks to his friend, fellow musician and Mudtown Records founder Josh Richardson. […]

Saugeen First Nation elder and residential school survivor Shirley John said Monday that the discovery of the bodies of 215 children at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia is a shocking find that brings back memories about things she has never overcome. “Even though you move forward and find the forgiveness […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three new cases of COVID-19 Monday. Two of the newest infections were reported in Georgian Bluffs while a single case was found in Saugeen Shores. Grey-Bruce went three straight days without a new case of COVID-19 before Monday. There are now 12 active and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in […]

A bear was spotted on Owen Sound’s west side on Monday morning. At about 6:30 a.m. the small black bear was spotted in a west side neighbourhood near the escarpment. It was not acting aggressively and was last seen wandering into the bush area of the escarpment, Owen Sound police said early Monday afternoon. “People […]

An archeological investigation is underway in southern Bruce County after shipwreck remnants – identified as belonging to the 19th-century schooner Homer H. Hine – were discovered washed ashore on Point Clark Beach. Marine archeologist Scarlett Januses and marine historian Patrick Folkes are donating their time to document the pieces. So far, they’ve conducted preliminary recordings […]

Sunday marked the third straight day that no new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Grey-Bruce. The number of active cases fell to 14, which is the lowest since March 14. Active high-risk contacts also fell to 50. Eleven of the active local cases involve a variant of concern, according to the health unit’s daily […]

South Bruce Peninsula is doubling the daily fee to park at Sauble Beach to $30, while also boosting the cost of seasonal parking passes for non-residents to $200. Mayor Janice Jackson said council approved the hikes this spring for several reasons, including to put the fees more in line with those charged in other Ontario […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported no new local cases of COVID-19 Saturday for the second day in a row. It’s the third time this week that public health’s daily situation report included no new daily cases. The number of active cases in Grey-Bruce has now dropped to 19, while resolved cases have climbed to […]

A Parkinson’s-friendly pill bottle designed by TikTok users will soon be available to area residents with the disease thanks to a Kincardine company. Mark Womack, Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario’s community development co-ordinator for Grey-Bruce, said the 3D-printed bottles from Nuclear Promise X (NPX) are a game-changer for those who experience tremors and struggle to pick […]

A judge has ordered Bruce County to pay court costs to the Southampton Cultural Heritage Conservancy and told county staff to answer more questions in the latest development in the heritage group’s bid to protect a former Southampton rectory and question how decisions were made about it. Superior Court Justice G. D. Lemon’s May 25 […]

The Board of Health for the Grey Bruce Health Unit heard from two delegations seeking an external review of the health unit’s remuneration policies and corporate culture at its meeting Friday morning. Melissa Kanmacher and Cathy Moore Coburn spoke on the behalf of a group of four area municipal councillors who signed a letter dated […]

For the second day this week, no new local cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday by the Grey Bruce Health Unit. As a result, the total number of confirmed cases reported so far in Grey-Bruce remained the same at 1,342, but the number of active cases fell to 24 and resolved cases climbed to 1,311. […]

The owners of Sutton Park Inn have been left devastated by a fire that ravaged the 60-room hotel Wednesday, but say they hope to rebuild the family-owned business in Kincardine. “We all came from Toronto originally – my family had businesses there – and we fell in love with this town and we all decided […]

Grey County council is giving staff the go-ahead to sell some of its housing units on 7th and 8th avenues west near Alpha Street in Owen Sound. On Thursday, during its committee of the whole meeting, county council authorized staff to issue a tender for real estate services and negotiate the sale of two of […]

Grey County will look into policies to make it easier to preserve heritage barns in the region. On Thursday Wesley Wilson of Ontario Barn Preservation asked council to support the organization’s goals of saving the more than century-old structures, some of which are disappearing from the rural landscape. “Although our heritage barns may not have […]

Ontario has begun consultations on how to beef up code of conduct rules and penalties for municipal members of council and some boards. Last month Owen Sound council reprimanded one of its councillors for breaching two sections of council’s code of conduct. Last year Northern Bruce Peninsula’s integrity commissioner advised free dinners and trips to […]

Three people charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 22-year-old Holland Centre man remain in custody after their charges were adjourned to June 15 in Owen Sound bail court Friday morning. Charges against Christie Currie, 39, of Chatsworth Township, Robert Jackson, 21, of Owen Sound and Megan Hopkins, 27, of Owen Sound were […]

Owen Sound police are seeking surveillance footage and information from the public following a rash of thefts overnight Tuesday in which garden and outdoor decor items were targetted. The culprits stole a range of items, from mulch, potted plants and gardening tools to a large bloodstone-coloured vase with plant, terracotta-coloured bird bath and stone and […]

John Foris says he never heard a complaint about the quality of the handcrafted white cedar chairs, tables, beds and other furniture created at International Woodworking in the 32 years he owned the small Wiarton business. “I had more than compliments all the time,” he said Thursday, after handing over the keys of the Claude […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported one new case of COVID-19 Thursday, in Huron Kinloss. There are now 30 active and confirmed cases in the two counties, including 22 involving a variant of concern. Four COVID-19 patients being followed by the health unit are hospitalized locally, and five who were transferred from other health units […]

Concerns raised by a group of residents about speeding and traffic volumes along their road were echoed by councillors from across Grey County on Thursday. And the matter will come back before council in early July when a report is presented on the county’s traffic control and parking bylaw that will look at speed limits […]

The Four County Labour Market Planning Board’s Connect2Skills program will soon offer free training for those who hope to enter the construction industry. Additional funding from the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development has enabled the planning board to train new labourers and then strive to connect those workers with local employers. “We want […]

Kincardine fire officials returned to the fire-ravaged Sutton Park Inn Thursday to begin an investigation into the cause of a large, wind-driven blaze that caused extensive damage to the 60-room hotel. Chief Brad Lemaich said Wednesday’s fire is not considered suspicious, with preliminary information indicating it was “accidental in nature” and likely involved an electrical […]

Grey Highlands council has set another special meeting Friday where they’ll hear from a delegation with a sprawling resort proposal for the Beaver Valley Development Project lands. Westway Capital, a Greater Toronto Area-based capital management and development firm, proposes to “develop a world-class resort that will promote health, wellness and follow the principles of sustainable […]

South Bruce Peninsula plans to reapply for a Grey Sauble Conservation Authority permit to cut back a section of dunes and install a retaining wall to address parking safety concerns along part of Sauble Beach’s Lakeshore Boulevard as soon as a review court releases its reasons for quashing a previous permit for the work. That’s […]

Main street patios are returning to Meaford this summer. The municipality announced it would start to prepare for a repeat of the pandemic-induced parking-spot patios along Sykes Street in the coming days. Parallel parking spots between Collingwood and Nelson streets will soon be barricaded and converted to patios in anticipation of Grey-Bruce entering Step 1 […]

Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health would like to see students return to the classroom as soon as possible. On Tuesday, Ontario’s top doctor, Dr. David Williams, advocated a return to in-person learning before the province enters Step 1 of its reopening strategy, projected to happen June 14. “My position has been always, like our public […]

The SweetWater Music Festival is launching its 18th season with a virtual concert featuring two artists who first performed together more than 20 years ago. The spring musical event, Up Close and Personal with Edwin Huizinga and Philip Chiu, is set to premier Friday at 7:30 p.m. “Philip and I performed together for the first […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is again warning of opioid overdoses in Grey-Bruce, after at least nine non-fatal overdoses were confirmed in the past week. The health unit sent an opioid alert to its system partners on Sunday after six overdoses were identified in the previous three days. Since the alert at least three more […]