Category Archives: News
South Bruce Peninsula Considering Backyard Chickens
South Bruce Peninsula is looking at allowing backyard chickens in the municipality. Council supported the idea at its meeting Tuesday, and after a public meeting, directed staff to bring back a zoning...
Jun 05, 2025 tutye / Depositphotos.com
Premier Doug Ford Invites Canada's Premiers to Summer Meeting in Muskoka
Premier Doug Ford has formally invited Canada's premiers to join the Council of the Federation (COF) summer meeting from July 21 to 23, 2025, in Huntsville, Ontario. "With President Trump taking direc...
Jun 05, 2025
Temporary parking lot closure at the Bracebridge Resource Management Centre
Due to on-site maintenance, the north parking lot at the Bracebridge Resources Management Centre will be closed from Monday, June 9 to Thursday, June 12. A contractor will be on-site to prepare for th...
Jun 05, 2025
Public Meeting On Tara BESS Energy Facility Today
There's a drop in meeting for the public on the Tara BESS energy storage facility. It's a proposed 400 megawatt battery energy storage system (BESS) with the capacity to store enough energy for about ...
Jun 05, 2025 Image from tarabattery.ca the project's website
Power Outage in Owen Sound Area
About 1,800 Hydro One customers are affected by a power outage on Owen Sound's east side and to the east towards Meaford. Some traffic lights along 16th Street East are out. The traffic lights at Rock...
Jun 04, 2025 Hydro One Outage Map
Grey Bruce Public Health Continues Work Of Ensuring Safe Food, Water In Region
Grey Bruce Public Health received an update about the organizations Safe Food and Water programs. Public Health Manager Andrew Barton says that both programs play an important role in keeping people i...
Jun 04, 2025
HURONIA WEST OPP CHARGE TWO LOCALS WITH IMPAIRED
Huronia West OPP have charged a couple of local people with impaired driving. Monday night around 10:30 a single vehicle crash on Nottawasaga 33-34 Sideroad in Clearview led to a 43 year old Nottawa m...
Jun 04, 2025
ORILLIA OPP CHARGE A COUPLE OF OUT-OF-TOWNERS FOR IMPAIRED
Orillia OPP were busy with impaired investigations yesterday - a 35 year old male from Fort Erie Ontario was charged after a tip from the public about an impaired driver on Hwy 11 in Oro-Medonte aroun...
Jun 04, 2025
BARRIE POLICE CHARGE 3 IN CHAOTIC SITUATION
Barrie Police had their hands full last night after a chaotic call about two men fighting led to three attests. It all started when four adults all known to each other decided to walk to a nearby conv...
Jun 04, 2025
Public Meeting Called For New Owen Sound Catholic High School Zoning Application
A public meeting's been called concerning a proposal to build a new Catholic high school in Owen Sound's east end. The city provided notice a public meeting will be held Monday, June 23 at 5:30 p.m. i...
Jun 04, 2025 Location of property for new Catholic high school in Owen Sound. (image from Owen Sound planning files)