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Grey County council agrees to pay local share of court security cost

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Grey County council voted Thursday to start paying court security and transportation expenses not covered by the province that for years have been borne solely by Owen Sound taxpayers.  This year, those costs will be about $230,000. Once the actual amount is known, it will be included in the 2025 county budget, once the agreement […]

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Fundraising run in memory of Tyson Downs to raise money for genetic heart condition research

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Balmy Beach brain cancer survivor Jesse Walker is running to raise money this summer in memory of his friend Tyson Downs and support of research into devastating genetic heart conditions. Downs died unexpectedly a year ago at age 18. The gifted athlete with plans to study civil engineering at Conestoga College played with the Owen […]

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2 Grey-Bruce residents accused of uttering death threats

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Two residents of Grey-Bruce are accused of uttering death threats following separate intimate partner violence investigations recently.  On Monday afternoon at 1:15 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP responded to a South Bruce Peninsula address and initiated an intimate partner violence investigation. Police determined that a suspect had threatened to kill the partner of an ex-partner. The […]

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Beavercrest school in Markdale will be bigger than originally approved

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Construction of a new larger Beavercrest Community School in Markdale for 374 students is well underway and is targeted to open in December, the Bluewater District School Board says. Recently, the province announced additional funding and two more classrooms for the junior kindergarten to Grade 8 school, which has been under construction since July 2023. […]