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Trail Talk: The butterflies of Huron County
Columnist Patrick Capper is part of the Butterflies In My Back Yard project
Grey County to look at Owen Sound’s court security cost issue
The door hasn’t yet been fully opened, but Grey County council has at least agreed to take a peek at Owen Sound’s calls to have court security costs funded regionally. At its meeting on Thursday, Grey County councillors agreed to receive a staff report summarizing the issue of court security and prisoner transportation costs for […]
Public meetings planned on Woodstock’s play for 400 hectares from Norwich
Officials are giving residents a chance to weigh in on a proposed boundary adjustment that would transfer nearly 400 hectares of land from Norwich Township to Woodstock.
Detective outlines how Boris Panovski became suspect in fatal shooting
ST. THOMAS â A man had been shot to death in a Huron County wildlife area and all the OPP investigators initially had was one traumatized, wounded eye-witness and three other field dog hobbyists, and not much else.
In rural Michigan, farmers split over big solar | Bridge Michigan
Developers are trying to lease large tracts of land for utility-scale solar projects, but their plans are pitting neighbor against neighbor in Livingston County, even prompting allegations of ‘disinformation’ campaigns….
Bruce County Memories – Olympic gold medallist settled in Teeswater
When Teeswater became home to “the world’s first great woman swimmer” you’d think she might talk about her past life. Yet she shrugged off her accomplishments. Her daughter Betty Smith said, “She was so modest, and if her career was discussed, she’d say, ‘Oh, that was a long time ago and I did it because […]
Canada Day celebrations include activities, nod to Indigenous Peoples
Canada Day events are talking place in the Owen Sound area over the coming days, while Meaford will be celebrating Canada’s 157th birthday and its own 150th together. The four-day, free Sound Waterfront Festival this weekend in Owen Sound will be capped with Canada Day celebrations on Monday, July 1. Canada Day window flags for […]
Pedestrian, 47, killed in rural collision: Ontario Provincial Police
A 47-year-old man was killed after a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian north of Stratford, Ontario Provincial Police say.
The Kincardine Independent
Two members of Bruce County council – the mayors of Saugeen Shores and South Bruce – are asking the province to take a more wholistic approach when it comes to … Continue reading County urges province to pause health-care service cuts until wider impact on economic growth can be studied
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Five injured, one critically, in Oxford County crash: OPP
A two-vehicle crash in Oxford County sent five people to hospital, where one remains in critical condition, Oxford OPP said Tuesday. A pick-up truck and minivan collided at the intersection of Airport Road and Base Line in Norwich Township, southeast of Woodstock, on Saturday at about 8:30 p.m., police said. Four people in the minivan […]