Community Awareness page for Crime Stoppers month

The first publicly recorded use of the term “Crime Stoppers” came about in 1947 when it appeared in a Dick Tracy comic strip in syndicated newspapers around the world. You might ask your parents or grandparents if they recall the Dick Tracy comics when they were growing up. The official history of Crime Stoppers began […]

Grey and Bruce back housing priority rule for those experiencing homelessness

Both Grey and Bruce county councillors received snapshots Thursday of the homelessness situations in their communities. Just over 140 individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Grey County and another 64 in Bruce County participated in a point-in-time homelessness enumeration study, conducted jointly by the two counties and front-line service providers Oct. 18. Of those surveyed, […]

Firefighters rescue tenants trapped by smoke in Walkerton apartments

Several residents in a Walkerton apartment building had to be rescued by firefighters after they were trapped by smoke from a fire late Wednesday night. Crews responded at about 11:40 p.m. after receiving a report of a fire in the residential seniors’ apartment building at 401 Cayley St., known as the Thompson-Bolden Seniors Apartments. Upon […]

Grey-Bruce Health Unit

COVID: ineligible residents will not be tested at assessment centres, health unit says

Eleven facilities have active COVID-19 outbreaks in Grey-Bruce, according to the health unit’s latest situation report. On Thursday, the affected locations were Maple Court Villa retirement home in Walkerton, Lee Manor in Owen Sound, Grey Gables in Markdale, and Rockwood Terrace in Durham – as well as Pinecrest Manor in Lucknow, Errinrung in Thornbury, McVean […]

Police investigating sidewalk damage in Kincardine

South Bruce OPP are continuing to investigate an incident in Kincardine where someone walked along a freshly poured sidewalk before it set, leading to an estimated $13,000 repair job. Police first received the report of the incident on Nov. 9 at the intersection of Gordon Street, where they found that a section of the freshly […]