Category Archives: Owen Sound News

The regional unemployment rate in the area that includes Bruce and Grey counties declined last month. The Four County Labour Market Planning Board says the jobless rate in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsul...

Grey Bruce OPP is investigating a break and enter at a home in Grey Highlands. Police say between 4:10 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. on Aug. 11, two people entered a home on Valley Crescent -- east of Markdale -...

Home and Community Support Services (HCSS) of Grey-Bruce is taking part in The Grand Parade next month. The five kilometre parade on Sept. 20 at the Heritage Place Shopping Centre parking lot in Owen ...

The Wardens of Grey and Bruce Counties are reacting to the termination of a number of Board of Health members. The Board of Health oversees Public Health Grey Bruce. Grey Warden Andrea Matrosovs and B...

The Inter Township Fire Department and the Arran-Elderslie Fire Department have issued partial open air burn bans, effective immediately, due to the ongoing hot and dry weather conditions. This ban wi...

Saugeen Shores council is due to look at moving the Port Elgin fire station to Mill Creek road. Currently, it's located downtown. A staff report from Fire Chief Ed Melanson is on council's agenda toni...

Bruce County is holding a Household Hazardous Waste Collection event at Sauble Beach later this month. On Aug. 23 from 8 a.m. to noon, residents are invited to attend the Amabel Works Yard to dispose ...

A partial fire ban is now in place in Brockton. The municipality issued a news release Monday morning saying the ban covers open air fires, including agricultural, brush and derelict buildings. Extrem...

A heat warning continues in Bruce and Grey counties today. Environment Canada says daytime highs will be around 32 C, with humidex values approaching 40. "A cooler air mass is expected to arrive tonig...

The annual Saugeen First Nation Pow Wow saw a large turnout over the weekend while battling the heat. The two-day event was held on Saturday and Sunday at the James Mason Recreation Centre and welcome...