Category Archives: Owen Sound News
Grey Highlands Cancels Children's Park Project
Grey Highlands is cancelling a project to build a new children's park at the former Maxwell ball diamond. Council approved cancelling the initiative, as well as return donated funds, and uncommit the ...
Dec 05, 2024 Maxwell Park Proposed Children's Park (Image from Grey Highlands council)
Grey Bruce OPP Advise Caution On Winter Roads As More Vehicles Are Ending Up In Ditches
Grey Bruce OPP are urging drivers to be prepared for the winter. They say there has been an increase in vehicles in ditches over the course of this first winter storm. They're urging you to adjust you...
Dec 04, 2024 Grey Bruce Line Road Camera in Scone
Hanover's New Fire Station To Begin Operating
Hanover's new fire station is set to begin operating. The town says it will begin operations on December 8th at its new station at 670, 1st Street in the business park in southeastern Hanover near the...
Dec 04, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Hanover Fire Department
Grey Bruce Public Health Issues Opioid Alert Following Drug Poisoning Death
Grey Bruce Public Health (GBPH) is issuing an opioid alert following a suspected drug poisoning death in the region. The opioid alert on Monday comes after five others suffered non-fatal suspected dru...
Dec 04, 2024
Blue Mountains Mayor Andrea Matrosovs Acclaimed As Grey County Warden
Town of the Blue Mountains Mayor Andrea Matrosovs is Grey County's new warden. She was acclaimed to the role and accepted the chain of office at the inaugural meeting for the 2025 county council term ...
Dec 04, 2024 New Grey County Warden for 2025 term Blue Mountains Mayor Andrea Matrosovs, right, and Southgate Mayor Brian Milne, who served as warden for 2023-24. (supplied photo)
South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Welcomes Financial Relief For OPP Cost Increase
After outcry from a number of small, rural municipalities, the provincial government has announced it will provide financial relief for increased OPP costs. A new collective agreement this past summer...
Dec 04, 2024 South Bruce Peninsula Town Hall in Wiarton. Image from Google Maps Street view
Paisley Arena Gets Upgrades & Bull Zamboni
Arran-Elderslie is celebrating some upgrades at the Paisley Community Centre including a one-of-a-kind Zamboni bull. The special wrap on the Zamboni is sponsored by the Bruce County Beef Farmers. The ...
Dec 04, 2024 Image provided by Arran-Elderslie
Some Owen Sound Businesses Feeling Impact Of Canada Post Strike
The Chair of the Owen Sound River District Board of Management says some downtown businesses are feeling the impact of the Canada Post strike. Dave Parsons, who owns Parsons Foto Source, says he met w...
Dec 04, 2024 Ruth Hartnup / CC
Highway 6 Reopens In Hepworth following Collision
Highway 6 has reopened north of Hepworth after a two-vehicle collision. Grey Bruce OPP, South Bruce Peninsula firefighters and Bruce County Paramedics responded to the collision. Four people involved ...
Dec 03, 2024 Source: OPP
Owen Sound Council Votes Down Motion Proposing Tree Management Regulations On Private Property
Owen Sound's community services committee wants the city to have more control over your trees, but council chopped the idea down. A committee recommendation to have staff come up with a plan for the m...
Dec 03, 2024 Matthew Paul Argall / CC