Author Archives: Matt Hermiz
81st CFOS Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast Raises $40K
The 81st annual CFOS Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast was a big win for a number of local charities and non-profit organizations in Grey Bruce. With no public concert at the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sou...
Dec 06, 2020 A radio tuned to 560 CFOS in the Bayshore Broadcasting Newsroom on Dec. 6, 2020. (Matt Hermiz/Bayshore Broadcasting)
Covid: 10 Recoveries, Five New Cases In Grey Bruce Friday
The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 10 recoveries and five new Covid cases in the region Friday. According to Public Health, two people from Grey Highlands, and residents of Huron-Kinloss, Meaford and...
Dec 04, 2020
Regional Unemployment Rate Falls To 5.4% In November
The regional unemployment rate in the area that includes Bruce and Grey counties fell to 5.4 per cent in November. The Four County Labour Market Planning Board says the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula regio...
Dec 04, 2020 Derek Gavey / CC
Estimated 1.9% Combined Tax Increase For Owen Sound In 2021
The annual property tax bill for the average assessed home in Owen Sound will increase by just over $72 next year if council adopts the 2021 draft budget as proposed. City councillors continued budget...
Dec 04, 2020 Owen Sound City Hall. (file photo)
Covid: Health Unit Reports Nine New Cases In Grey Bruce Thursday
The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported nine new Covid cases in the region Thursday. According to Public Health, four people from Southgate, two from Grey Highlands, two from Arran-Elderslie and one Blue ...
Dec 03, 2020
Progress On Two New Developments In Owen Sound
Owen Sound city council has endorsed two proposed residential developments planned in the city's east side. City council resolved at its meeting Monday to authorize conditional site plan approvals and...
Dec 02, 2020 Owen Sound City Hall. (file photo)
Covid: 17 Recoveries, Two New Cases In Grey Bruce Tuesday
The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 17 additional recoveries and two new Covid cases in the region on Tuesday. According to Public Health, one person from Kincardine and one from Chatsworth tested pos...
Dec 01, 2020
Hanover Deputy Mayor Selwyn Hicks Elected Grey County Warden For 2021
Hanover Deputy Mayor Selwyn Hicks has been elected Grey County's 2021 Warden. Hicks defeated incumbent Warden Paul McQueen -- the Mayor of Grey Highlands -- in a vote among county councillors at a mee...
Dec 01, 2020 Grey County 2021 Warden Selwyn Hicks. (photo supplied by Grey County)
Grey Bruce MOH: Mass Vaccinations Will "Most Certainly" End Pandemic
Whenever they are completed in Ontario next year, Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Arra assured mass vaccinations will "most certainly" bring an end to public health measures in place sinc...
Nov 30, 2020 NIAID / CC
Covid: 16 Recoveries, 10 New Cases In Grey Bruce Friday
The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 16 additional recoveries and 10 new Covid cases in the region on Friday. According to Public Health, two Kincardine residents, two from Arran-Elderslie, two from We...
Nov 27, 2020