Category Archives: Port Elgin News
Bruce Power Donates 70,000 Masks To Local Schools
Bruce Power is sending 70,000 masks and more than 5,000 litres of hand sanitizer to schools in Bruce, Grey and Huron counties. It's a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) donation worth $200,000 and al...
Oct 09, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
No New COVID-19 Cases In Grey Bruce Thursday
No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Grey Bruce Thursday (Oct 8th). With a couple of recoveries, there are now five confirmed active cases in the region. There have been 150 confirmed cases to da...
Oct 09, 2020
Feds, Ford And Ontario Join To Mass Produce Electric Vehicles
Both the Federal and Ontario governments are providing over $250 million in order to mass-produce electric vehicles and their batteries. The announcement came this morning at Ford Motor Co.'s plant in...
Oct 08, 2020 Premier Doug Ford speaking At Queen's Park back in Sept 2020
Swing Your Stix Golf Fundraiser Brings In More Than $30K For Local Charities
The 29th annual Swing Your Stix for Charity Golf Tournament was conducted in September at Legacy Ridge Golf Club in Owen Sound. In spite of alterations to the format created by COVID-19, the tournamen...
Oct 08, 2020 courtesy Legacy Ridge
Meaford International Film Festival This Weekend
The Meaford International Film Festival (MIFF) is set to go this Thanksgiving weekend with a virtual lineup. Instead of its usual Labour Day date, this year it's being held from October 8-11. Each fil...
Oct 08, 2020
Arrests In Southampton Graffiti Spree
Saugeen Shores police have arrested three young people in connection to vandalism and graffiti in Southampton. On September 14th, police began an investigation into several reports of mischief in Sout...
Oct 08, 2020 Image provided by Saugeen Shores Police
Public Health Grey Bruce Has School Directives
Public Health Grey Bruce has issued a statement on how to determine if your child can return to school if they have been sick. The full statement is below: In order to attend school students must pass...
Oct 08, 2020
No New COVID-19 Cases In Grey Bruce Wednesday
Public Health says no new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Grey Bruce Wednesday October 7th. There are seven confirmed active cases in the region. There have been 150 confirmed cases in the area to...
Oct 08, 2020
Markdale Ice Cream Producer Chapman's Makes Pandemic Pay For Workers Permanent
Markdale company Chapman's Ice Cream has decided its pandemic pay boost for workers isn't going anywhere. The company recently announced a $2 an hour pay top-up introduced in March will be made perman...
Oct 08, 2020 (photo provided by Lesya Chapman, Chapman’s Ice Cream)
New Business Development Hub In Huron-Kinloss
A new businesses incubator called The Hub has been created in Huron-Kinloss. A release from the Township says it's a space for entrepreneurs to work together and start or expand their business. The Hu...
Oct 07, 2020