Tag: Bruce
Wiarton gearing up for first annual Homecoming Weekend
A new event is planned for Wiarton on the Civic Holiday weekend this year. The first annual Wiarton Homecoming Weekend will take over the South Bruce Peninsula town, building on the annual Wiarton Rotary Village Rotary Fair, which was discontinued in 2023 after more than 82 years. Joe Vanderzand of the organizing committee said Tuesday […]
City council to limit scope of agenda items, revamp public question period
Changes are coming to how business is conducted around council and committee tables in Owen Sound, including what items are tabled for discussion and how the public engages members. On Monday evening, after a lengthy debate, Owen Sound council approved several recommendations from the city’s corporate services committee from a review of the city’s procedural […]
Council briefs: levy increase looms with $48.4 million in unfunded city projects
— During a bi-annual review of the city’s multi-year capital plan, councillor Carol Merton wondered when the city will face the reality that an annual one per cent levy increase directed to capital reserves in the face of $48.4 million in unfunded projects is severely lacking. “One per cent isn’t cutting it. It’s not even […]
Careless driving charge after crash involving buggy in Southgate
One person was sent to hospital and a driver was charged after a collision between a vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy in Southgate. On July 14 just before 8 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP, Grey County Paramedic Services and the Southgate Fire Department responded to the collision on Grey Rd. 9. Police learned that a vehicle […]
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP taking nominations for coronation medal
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff is accepting nominations for deserving residents of his riding to receive a King Charles III Coronation Medal. Each member of parliament has been allocated 20 medals to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to Canada or a particular province, territory, region or community in the country, or attained […]