Category Archives: Owen Sound News
Reduced Load Restrictions In Effect On Grey County Roads
Reduced load restrictions are taking effect today on Grey County-owned roads. The county says the restrictions of five tonnes per axle will be in effect to protect local roads, which are at their most...
Mar 01, 2025 Martin Pettitt / CC
New Family Doctor Coming To Kincardine
A new family doctor is coming to Kincardine. The municipality says Dr. Yousry Soliman has signed an agreement and will launch a new family practice in the Kincardine Family Health Organization, as ear...
Feb 28, 2025 Bayshore News File Photo
Grey Bruce Ridings Had Better Voter Turnout Than Ontario Overall, But Still Historically Low
A couple of local ridings had better voter turnout than the overall Ontario turnout in the latest provincial election. The Ontario-wide voter turnout in this 2025 election was about 45.4 per cent, sli...
Feb 28, 2025 Screenshot from Elections Ontario
Increased Support Not Enough For Defeated Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Liberal Candidate
The Liberal candidate for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Selwyn Hicks says he has mixed emotions after being defeated in Thursday's provincial election. Hicks, a former Grey County warden, finished second in t...
Feb 28, 2025 Image from hickslaw.ca
AM 560 CFOS Turns 85 Years Old Today
It was on this day in 1940 when Owen Sound's oldest radio station took to the airwaves. Back when Glen Miller, Bing Crosby and Doris Day were the artists of the day, CFOS began operating on March 1st....
Feb 28, 2025 An Owen Sound Sun Times Article from 1940 about CFOS' launch
Ontario Votes: Ford, PCs Win Third Majority Government
2025 Ontario election coverage presented by the Owen Sound & District Chamber of Commerce, advocating for local business since 1881 Ontario voters have handed Premier Doug Ford and the Progressive...
Feb 27, 2025
Lisa Thompson Wins Huron-Bruce For Fifth Term
Huron-Bruce has re-elected Progressive Conservative Lisa Thompson as its member of provincial parliament. Thompson won at 50 per cent of the vote share. "In Huron-Bruce we have a strong progressive co...
Feb 27, 2025 Image from Lisa Thompson's MPP website
Progressive Conservative Paul Vickers Elected Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP
Former Meaford councillor and Progressive Conservative Paul Vickers is the new MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. Vickers won 44.14 per cent of the vote in the riding to secure the win and celebrated Thur...
Feb 27, 2025 Paul Vickers With Rick Byers (Photo by Nathan Shubert)
2025 Ontario Election Results: Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound
Paul Vickers - Progressive Conservative - 20,158 votes - 44.14% (elected) Joel Loughead - Green Party - 5,693 votes - 12.47% Selwyn Hicks - Liberal - 13,445 votes - 29.44% James Harris - NDP - 3,611 v...
Feb 27, 2025
2025 Ontario Election Results: Huron-Bruce
Zack Weiler - New Blue Party - 2,065 votes - 4.22% Matthew Van Ankum - Green Party - 2,727 votes - 5.58% Lisa Thompson - Progressive Conservative - 24,461 votes - 50.01% (elected) Nick McGregor - NDP ...
Feb 27, 2025