Author: Interlochen Public Radio

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 […]

COVID-19 hospitalizations among Grey-Bruce residents down to 9

The number of local people hospitalized due to COVID-19 has dropped to single digits. The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported on Monday that there are nine active local cases hospitalized with the virus – down from 10 on Sunday — including seven hospitalized within Grey-Bruce and two outside the region. There remained five COVID-19 outbreaks […]

Walkerton District school locked down after reported threat

A person has been taken into custody after a reported threat made towards a school in Walkerton on Monday morning. Just before 9 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a threat made towards an unspecified school in Walkerton, it said in a news release. Police have taken an individual into custody and there […]