Author: The London Free Press
Women’s Centre uses grant to upgrade services, shelter
A grant developed to help non-profit organizations recover from the impacts of COVID-19 is being used to support women in need in Grey-Bruce. The Women’s Centre Grey Bruce received a $59,000 Resilient Communities Fund grant, awarded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), to help continue serving women in the community. Awarded in 2021, a portion […]
Keady Market returning after two-year absence
The weekly Tuesday Keady Market is reopening, two years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to close. With mandatory gathering restrictions and most other public health requirements in the rear-view mirror, soon people will stroll through the popular local outdoor farmers’ market again. The market will comply with all public health restrictions in place when […]
Brockton seeks minister’s order to expedite housing in business park
Walkerton-area employers need housing that their workers can afford, demand for homes is growing in general and developers want to build it in Walkerton, says Brockton’s mayor. Mayor Chris Peabody said that’s why council voted last week to seek a ministerial zoning order to expedite rezoning some business park lands for residential development in Walkerton. […]
Court rules in favour of Grey Highlands as group seeks to halt sale of Talisman lands
A Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound ruled Monday in favour of Grey Highlands and dismissed a motion brought forward by the Protecting Talisman Lands Association to halt the sale of the municipally owned Talisman lands to a GTA-based resort developer. Grey Highlands and Westway Capital entered the closing period on a $2.5 million […]
Flesherton woman travels to Ukraine-Poland border to assist refugees
A Flesherton-area woman has travelled to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war in their country, with plans to bring one family back to Canada in the coming weeks. Susanne von Toerne was on her way back to Canada on Thursday after a whirlwind trip that saw her and three other women take two […]