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Home sales drop sharply, prices continue to increase
Home sales in Grey-Bruce declined steeply in May, but prices continue to climb. The number of homes sold through the REALTORS Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound (RAGBOS) MLS System totalled 270 units in May 2022, a 26.4 per cent decline from May 2021. The dip in sales wasn’t just noticeable year-over-year either, Grey-Bruce home […]
Young science fair whizzes do Grey-Bruce proud, again
Six Grey-Bruce students competed and won at the 2022 Canada-Wide Science Fair as members of Team Bluewater. The students, from the public, Catholic and French Catholic school boards, entered their projects in the event, held virtually this year. Home-schooled students were also eligible to be considered for any of six spots on the team. Anna […]
Despite outbreaks, Arra finds COVID indicators ‘reasurring’
Mask mandates have been lifted most places since mid-March and many people seem to have quit wearing masks in public places, a decision the local medical officer of health said is appropriate. “Of course we’re not out of the woods yet but the level of risk that require restrictions is not there,” Dr. Ian Arra […]
Poll: Most area residents confident in operational safety of nuclear power plant
Ninety-four per cent of those recently polled are confident the nuclear power plant operated by Bruce Power in Tiverton operates safely. Global market research company Ipsos was commissioned by Bruce Power to help understand and track attitudes and opinions from residents in Bruce, Grey, and Huron counties about a number of topics and issues. According […]
Grey-Bruce health workers flying in to help Ukrainians this week
A Wiarton hospital nurse is flying to Poland tonight as part of a Canadian volunteer-led medical-aid mission into the northwestern corner of Ukraine. She’s among a handful of local health-care workers who are volunteering to help care for people displaced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, now more than seven weeks old. Christine Moffat of Oliphant […]