Month: June 2024
One dead, two injured in collision in Georgian Bluffs
One person died and another suffered life-threatening injuries after a collision in Georgian Bluffs on Tuesday morning. At about 8:30 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP responded to the two vehicle crash on Grey Road 17 in the area of Copper Kettle. Police attended along with members of the Inter Township Fire Department and Grey County EMS […]
Christmas Fund Broadcast to hit the airwaves on Sunday
The CFOS Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast is back for its 82nd year, and organizers are hoping for another big year as local charities continue to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The broadcast had a record year in 2020 with about $48,000 raised for 22 local charities and organizations, and the hope is […]
Bruce County and local Snowmobile clubs ink five year deal
Bruce County has a approved five year agreements with local Ontario Federation of Snowmobile clubs
City backs conceptual landscaping plan for natural burial area at Greenwood
Owen Sound plans to spend $10,000 next year to landscape a new natural burials section at Greenwood Cemetery. City council approved Monday a community services committee recommendation to include a stone garden as the central feature of the section. It also directed staff to develop a detailed plan for construction. A conceptual plan, designed by […]
Careless driving charge laid in fatal south London crash
Police have identified a man who was allegedly involved in a deadly south London crash that happened in early November.
Man assaulted at South London Costco, one person charged
London police have charged one man after a person was assaulted while sitting inside of their parked vehicle.
Local COVID-19 vaccination rates creep up
COVID- 19 Vaccination rates vary across Midwestern Ontario.
Muslim family speaks out after charge laid in parking-lot clash
In a city riven by Islamophobia, with faith groups and others vowing to fight it, a 57-year-old man is now charged with assault in a London parking lot dispute in which family say an elderly Muslim man was told to “go back to your (expletive) country.” The charge laid Tuesday comes after the elderly man’s […]
Hundreds tested in response to COVID outbreak at Holland Centre school
Hundreds of people have been tested and the Grey Bruce Health Unit was awaiting results in relation to an outbreak at Holland Chatsworth Central School. Grey-Bruce Medical Officer of Health said Tuesday morning that the situation remained very much under control with just two cases related to the actual outbreak at the school. A total […]
Donor offers $1.5M boost to Joan’s Place housing, youth hub project
An anonymous donor is offering an up to $1.5-million boost for a planned new centre to help young mothers and mothers who are homeless or at risk, Youth Opportunities Unlimited says. The London youth social services agency announced Tuesday the donor would match that amount in donations to Joan’s Place, an affordable housing project and […]