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Saugeen Shores is getting a little bit greener. Volunteers will be at Southampton’s Jubilee Park at 10 AM today to plant 100 trees along the stream behind the baseball diamond. And at 11AM, anot...

Ontario Health Promotion Minister Margarett Best visited Owen Sound on Tuesday night to help kick off today’s Healthy Communities Conference at the Bayshore. Best told the gathering that health ...

An interesting idea, but no thanks. That’s the response from Wasaga Beach mayor, and Simcoe County Warden Cal Patterson, on the possibility of him running for MP in Simcoe Grey. He says that he&...

Organizers of the Bruce-Grey MedQUEST program are sifting through a slew of applications this year. Chair Myrna Inglis says they have 30 positions available, but have had about 50 Grade 10 and 11 stud...

Bruce Power is again teaming up with Ontario Power Generation to host the second annual Health and Wellness Fair. Manager of Employee Wellness Catherine Williams says it’s an opportunity for loc...

Compost criminals have forced Owen Sound to make some changes to the operating hours of the composting facility. Environmental Superintendent Chris Hughes says because of ongoing issues with inappropr...

The Georgian Theatre Festival is staging a comeback. A new five member Board of Directors is gearing up to hold a number of events including concerts and a youth academy this summer. Board member and ...

The Vice-President of the Lake Huron Fishing club says the Great Lakes face an imminent threat from yet another invasive species – Asian Carp. Al Wilkins say these are foreign species of carp, b...

Local businesswomen now have a new way to network. Susan Crutcher is setting up a Power of Women Exchange chapter in Owen Sound. The national organization, known as POWE , was founded in 2005 but this...

While work goes ahead on the regional recreation centre, work also proceeds on making sure all of the promised federal and provincial funding will be there to help pay for it. Owen Sound council unani...