Author: Bridge Michigan
Two drivers die Sunday in Brockton two-vehicle collision
Two drivers died in a two-vehicle crash Sunday night on Bruce County Road 19 in the former Brant Township, a South Bruce OPP said in a news release Tuesday. Police did not identify the victims. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Police received a report of the two-vehicle collision at 10:33 p.m. in Brockton […]
City approves hourly transit service but there’s a mood to do more
City buses will be moving to one-hour service from half-hour service this summer as a pilot project to save money. The city’s transit system is responsible for about half of this year’s $836,000 budget levy increase over last year, council was told Monday night. Council is grappling with how to make the system more affordable. […]
Oral health screening program back on track in Grey-Bruce
After school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic put a dent in the number of students who received in-school oral health screenings, the local program is back on track again. So far this school year the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s dental hygienists have screened almost 3,500 students in area schools, more than 2,000 more than […]
Work begins to prepare Sauble Speedway for weekend snowcross event
Preparations are underway to turn the Sauble Speedway into a snowcross track for when the sport’s national racing circuit makes a stop there this weekend. The speedway will be the site of the Canadian Snowcross Racing Association’s Royal Distributing Cup event from Saturday to Monday, the first time in more than a decade that the […]
City budget passes with recorded vote and fireworks
Owen Sound council approved its 2022 budget Monday night which will see the average residential taxpayer pay about $103 more than last year. A residential property with a 2016 assessment of $235,000 would see a total tax bill of $4,256, up from $4,153 last year. This figure includes city, county, and education taxes. The vote […]