Grey County Owen Sound Sun Times

Blue Mountains’ Matrosovs is Grey County’s 2025 warden

5 min read

Blue Mountains Mayor Andrea Matrosovs encouraged Grey County council’s continued collaboration and consideration of future generations in her first address as 2025 warden Tuesday night. Matrosovs was acclaimed to the position during a formal swearing in within the Grey County council chambers, with her family, a number of past wardens and others present. A reception […]

Grey County Owen Sound Sun Times

Meaford, CAO part ways after six months

1 min read

The Municipality of Meaford announced the departure of Chief Administrative Officer Kymm Buckham in a statement Monday. Buckham was hired in May of this year. “During her time, Kymm led the organization and contributed to the organization’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its operations and build momentum for future success. The Municipality of Meaford wishes Kymm […]

Grey County Owen Sound Sun Times

Man calls on Grey County to act on local groundwater threat

5 min read

Thorsten Arnold warned Grey County council Thursday that it must act to avoid widespread drinking water contamination due to a combination of local factors.  This area’s karst geology is well known, with its shallow soil layer over permeable bedrock in places which reduces aquifer protection. The geology includes sinkholes and fissures which allow surface contaminants to […]

Grey County Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey County task force seeks to make some busy rural roads safer

5 min read

A Grey County task force proposes to transfer more than 50 kilometres of its urban county roads, bridges and sewers to municipalities and assume and make safer certain increasingly busy rural municipal roads roads in exchange for other county rural roads.  County council decided Thursday to receive a report which provided lists of affected roads, […]

Grey County Health care Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey forecasted to grow faster than the county predicted

5 min read

While Grey County growth plans must consider impacts on schools by Ontario legislation, there’s no provincial requirement to consider impacts on health care.  That should change, West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles told Grey County council at its regular meeting Thursday, and county staff agreed.  “Publicly funded health care I think may be even more fundamental […]