Category: Owen Sound Sun Times
‘Anybody’s guess’ what happened to peninsula teens 30 years ago
Nick Oldrieve thinks someone must know what happened to Shawn and Leslie Jones, two Neyaashiinigmiing teens who got into some trouble and, it’s thought, fled the Bruce Peninsula almost 31 years ago. That’s why Oldrieve is helping to organize a 31-kilometre community walk like one held in November for them. It’s hoped this public display […]
Police receive driving complaint, locate and charge driver
Police laid five charges against a 54-year-old driver after someone made a driving complaint. Police were told at 1:07 p.m. on Aug. 3 that a pickup truck was “unable to maintain its lane” on Highway 26 in Meaford, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release. Police released a photo of the truck bed, which […]
Another local hospital president says recent new funding leaves ‘gap’
South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s president said she appreciates the Ontario government’s recently announced 4.5 per cent base funding increase to her budget. But like other local hospital administrators, she said it still leaves a budget gap created by inflation over the past few years. This year’s base funding for SBGHC increased by $1,808,100, […]
Ruff warns of energy rebate scammers targeting constituents
Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff is warning constituents to remain vigilant after a wave of energy rebate scams came to his attention. “In recent weeks, my office has been made aware that there are unsolicited calls being made to residents of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound trying to sell energy rebates claiming an affiliation with my office,” Ruff […]
Walk for Wenjack on August 15 in Cape Croker Park
On Thursday, Aug. 15, at Cape Croker Park in Neyaashiinigmiing, people will gather to Walk for Wenjack. Bruce County and its community partners are hosting the fundraising and awareness-raising event named in memory of Chanie Wenjack who, in 1966, ran away from Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School in Kenora, Ontario. He walked for 36 hours along […]