Author Archives: Claire McCormack
Grey Bruce MOH Makes Halloween Recommendations
Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Arra has some recommendations for Halloween during the pandemic. Those who plan on trick or treating should go out only with members of their household. Th...
Oct 29, 2020 Image from Public Health Grey Bruce
Legion Poppy Campaign Underway
Poppy Campaigns are getting underway, leading up to Remembrance Day. Last Sunday, the Owen Sound legion launched its campaign at the Cenotaph. Like many events this year, the poppy campaign will be di...
Oct 29, 2020 Royal Navy Veteran Tommy Brown (left) and Lieutenant Jason Gresel (right) receive Poppies from Poppy Chairman Ed Yates (left) and Royal Canadian Legion President, Patty Sargent-Gibson (right) in a ceremony that officially launches the 2020 Poppy Campaign in Owen Sound. Photo credit: Cpl Eric Greico, 4 CDTC.
Public Health On South Bruce Peninsula COVID-19 Cluster
The Grey Bruce Health Unit is working to lessen concerns and manage what they say is unwarranted anxiety in the community related to a cluster of COVID-19 cases in South Bruce Peninsula. In a release,...
Oct 28, 2020
No New COVID-19 Cases In Grey Bruce Tuesday
No new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Grey Bruce Tuesday(Oct 27). There are seven active cases, all of which are in South Bruce Peninsula. There have been 172 confirmed cases to date. The Health ...
Oct 28, 2020
South Bruce Peninsula Closes Facilities
Out of what the Town of South Bruce Peninsula calls an "abundance of caution," Town facilities have been shut down after a number of residents have tested positive for COVID-19. In the past five days,...
Oct 27, 2020
Power Restored On The Bruce Peninsula
Hydro One says repairs have been completed and power restored to nearly 6,000 residences and businesses on the Bruce Peninsula. Equipment failure from a hydro pole fire is the reason for the outage.
Oct 27, 2020 bengt-re / CC
Break-Ins At Six Cottages In Kincardine
South Bruce OPP are investigating break-ins at six seasonal properties in Kincardine. OPP say two cottages on Golf Course Trail in Kincardine and four cottages on Bruce Beach Road in Huron Township we...
Oct 27, 2020 Rob Ireton / CC
Huron-Kinloss Resident Scammed Out of $6,500
South Bruce OPP say a Huron-Kinloss resident has been scammed out of $6,500 in a romance scam. Police say they were called just after 11 Friday morning (Oct 23) with a fraud report OPP say romance sca...
Oct 27, 2020 Marcie Casas / CC
$100,000 Donated To Hospital In Southampton
The Saugeen Memorial Hospital Foundation presented a cheque for $100,000 to Grey Bruce Health Services CEO Gary Sims Monday. The payment closed out the recent fundraising initiative in Saugeen Shores ...
Oct 27, 2020
One New COVID-19 Case In Grey Bruce Monday
One new case of COVID-19 was confirmed Monday (Oct 26) in Grey Bruce. Public Health says that case is located in South Bruce Peninsula. With some recoveries, there are seven active cases in the region...
Oct 27, 2020