Author: Clean Technica
Grey-Bruce home sales continue to be lower, but prices up from January
Home sales in Grey-Bruce continued to be significantly lower than they were a year ago, but prices rebounded in February from where they were a month earlier. The Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound reported that 154 units were sold in February, which is down 26.3 per cent from February 2022, when the market […]
Public speaking competition progresses to zone level
Qualifying area students faced off at the zone level of the Royal Canadian Legion’s public speaking competition in Lucknow on March 4. The competition, held as part of the legion’s youth and education program, gives young people an opportunity to speak in public on any topic of their choosing. Lucknow’s branch level competition was held at […]
Teeswater volunteer helped raise $100,000 for Alzheimer Society
Peter Carter met his lofty fundraising goal for the Alzheimer Society and has decided to retire from his decades-long volunteer efforts. “He had wanted to raise $100,000 for the Alzheimers and he raised $105,000, I think it was,” his wife Jo-Ann said by phone Saturday from their Teeswater home. “And we thought maybe if he’d […]
Huron Fringe Field Naturalists enjoy fine food and photography
The Huron Fringe Field Naturalist (HFFN) club emerged from its annual winter pause and, like a hibernating bear, the first priority was food. Accordingly, 50 members and guests gathered Feb. 28 at the Point Clark Community Centre to enjoy a potluck lunch and photo contest — the first in several years. The competition featured striking […]
More job vacancies in Grey-Bruce now than in over a decade
There are 1,500 jobs going unfilled at any given time in Grey-Bruce, said the YMCA’s Linda Alexander, who helped organize the job fair at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound Wednesday afternoon. That’s the most she’s seen in her 13 years with YMCA Employment Services and so having about 70 job seekers lined […]