Category Archives: Owen Sound News

Habitat for Humanity Grey Bruce will soon be getting a substantial cheque in the mail. The local chapter has been awarded second place in a program that encourages Habitat for Humanity affiliates to i...

Hanover’s controversial non resident user fees are up for review. Non resident user fees generated almost 24 thousand dollars in 2008. The fees were implemented after Hanover failed to secure an...

Some Owen Sound residents are not too happy about what will be built on a section of a closed road. The City is proposing to stop up and close a portion of 5th Avenue West between 29th Street West and...

Saugeen Shores Council is going ahead with the third phase of a study to see if the municipality should have a new indoor aquatic facility. This phase will focus on the dollars and cents side of the p...

A 50 year old woman remains in hospital with severe burns following a fire accident in south Port Elgin. Police say the unidentified owner/employee of J & S Tackle on Highway 21 in Port Elgin near...

An upgrade to the Owen Sound Police Service telephone system will mean an interruption in service. The administrative phone line at the Owen Sound station and the dispatch phone number for Saugeen Sho...

Two reports are out on how the municipal Building Department functions in Arran-Elderslie. Consultant Glenn Tunnock says the Chief Building Official was properly appointed and is actually better quali...

The search for a suspect following an armed robbery in Port Elgin continues. It happened back on May 7th at the Petro Canada Gas Bar on Goderich Street just before 10:30 at night. Saugeen Shores Polic...

After five years of lobbying various Ontario Transportation Ministers, Grey and Bruce Counties may get a traffic light installed at the intersection of the Grey Bruce Line and Highway 21 at Alvanley. ...

The Blue Mountains is giving 50 thousand dollars to the proposed upgrade of the Georgian Cycle and Ski Trail. Asphalt paving of urban sections of the Georgian Trail is part of a proposed one million u...