Author Archives: Claire McCormack
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
Saugeen Shores Has A New CAO
Saugeen Shores has a new CAO. Council passed a bylaw Monday to appoint Kara Van Myall. Van Myall joins the organization from the County, where she has been the Director of Planning and Development. Va...
Oct 27, 2020 Van Myall
Upcoming Public Meeting On Port Elgin's Bruce Road 33 Project
A virtual information session about the infrastructure project on Bruce Road 25 is Saugeen Shores is coming up. The project will see construction between Goderich Street and the future Bruce Street/Br...
Oct 26, 2020
Tornado Confirmed In Thornbury After Friday's Storm
A tornado has been confirmed to have hit Thornbury in Friday's stormy weather. Environment Canada says the Northern Tornadoes Project gave its preliminary report of the weather event this morning. The...
Oct 26, 2020 Image from Northern Tornadoes Project Twitter via @WesternuNTP
House Fire On Highway 21 At Saugeen First Nation
Grey Bruce OPP are investigating a residential fire at Saugeen First Nation. OPP say they were called just after 10 Saturday morning (Oct 24th) to a home on Highway 21. Police say a fire broke out in ...
Oct 26, 2020