Category Archives: Owen Sound News

The wrecking ball will be visiting the historic church at Mennonite Corners in a matter of a few days. Council has decided to replace the 200 year old church with a plaque. Georgian Bluffs council put...

The slump in the world economy is hitting home for MacLean Engineering workers in Owen Sound. 21 workers were laid off last week, basically half of the workforce at the company. A company official say...

What a difference a year makes. Saugeen Shores building statistics for the first two months this year is a far cry from the same period last year. Town Chief Building Official Jim Bell says for the fi...

A Port Elgin woman who celebrated her 23rd birthday just about a week ago apparently has received a late birthday present from Tim Horton’s. It has to be officially confirmed by Horton’s H...

There’s a been a minor procedural hiccup with efforts by a Kincardine Councillor to have a full organizational review done of how the municipality works. But the controversial project has still ...

It’s only early March, and Grey County OPP have already charged two people with impaired driving and two other drivers were given 12-hour licence suspensions. Just after 2 AM early Sunday mornin...

Another milestone has been passed in the project to restart Units 1 and 2 at the Bruce A generating station. Bruce Power President and CEO Duncan Hawthorne says the 480th an final calandria tube was r...

Property owners in Meaford are bracing for a potential huge tax hike. Town council is meeting today to take a second look at department budgets. At first blush, Council was eyeballing an 18 per cent i...

Three thousand young musicians are at Collingwood Collegiate today for the yearly high school band festival. 80 bands will be looking for high marks in their jazz or group performances from the adjudi...

Some tense moments Wednesday in downtown Markdale, after a small child was struck by a car . Luckily the child suffered only minor injuries. It happened about 3:30 PM just off Highway 10 on Main stree...