COVID-19 assessment centre offers alternative to ER visit

To limit visits to hospital emergency rooms to health emergencies, certain groups of people who either have COVID-19 or think they do — but it’s not an emergency — now have an alternative to get assessed by a doctor. Grey Bruce Health Services has been asked by Ontario Health to expand its Owen Sound COVID-19 […]

Meaford approves 2022 municipal budget

Meaford councillors approved municipal budgets for 2022 in a unanimous vote at its meeting Monday. The municipal increase is 4.9 per cent increase amounting to $133 for the average residential property in the municipality this year. That’s based on an average assessment of $274,391. The estimated blended rate increase including county and school board rates […]

West Grey agrees to hear Owen Sound’s policing cost offer

West Grey council on Tuesday accepted an offer from Owen Sound’s mayor to provide a policing cost estimate for the municipality. West Grey council in a split vote decided to seek an OPP costing in December too. Council is to receive an OPP costing timeline update on March 15, said Coun. Rebecca Hergert, who moved […]