Tag: Grey County
Stew Taylor remembered for humour, passion for hockey team
Former Owen Sound Mayor Stew Taylor, a popular city politician, champion of OHL hockey, school teacher and principal, and long-serving justice of the peace, died Dec. 20 of pancreatic cancer. Mr. Taylor died in Chapman House hospice in Owen Sound. He was 77. His most lasting and visible contribution to the city might be […]
One dead, one in custody in Hanover homicide investigation
One person is dead and another was in custody as police conducted a homicide investigation in Hanover.Â
Pedestrian dies in collision south of Owen Sound
A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle on the highway south of Owen Sound. Just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Grey Bruce OPP responded along with the Inter Township Fire Department and Grey County Paramedic Services to the scene of the collision on Highway 6 and 10. Police determined that a pedestrian […]
Partnership providing housing for med students in Owen Sound
An initiative is underway to provide accommodation in Owen Sound for medical students, with an end goal of attracting more doctors to the area. On Monday, Owen Sound council agreed to a memorandum of understanding that supports a partnership with the Rural Ontario Medical Program (ROMP), Brightshores Health System and the County of Grey to fund […]
GTR bus service to Wiarton ending, to Orangeville extending
Two Grey Transit Route bus service changes are coming, Grey County announced in news releases. GTR Route 2, with two runs down and two runs back between Owen Sound and Orangeville, Monday to Friday, will continue running until March 31. Bus service on part of that route, between Dundalk and Orangeville, was to have ended […]
Owen Sound service analysis saving time and money, staff say
City hall staff so far have found about $950,000 operational savings during an ongoing service review. More than $700,000 of it is annual savings and the rest is one-time savings. “We assume over the next few years of this council with service review we will hit that $2 million mark in savings,” city manager Tim […]
Two measles cases in Grey-Bruce linked to New Brunswick outbreak
Two now resolved cases of measles and six other probable cases in two Grey-Bruce households have been linked to an outbreak in New Brunswick. Grey-Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Arra said Thursday that the cases reported to the health unit in late October and November have been epidemiologically linked to the large outbreak that […]
High school agricultural program to continue at Grey Roots
The Grey Roots Museum and Archives will continue to be the site of a high school agricultural program after a pilot held there has been called a success. On Thursday, Grey County council passed a motion to allow the Bluewater District School Board’s Agricultural Specialist High Skills Major Program to continue to operate at the […]
Huron-Kinloss closures and cancellations on Dec. 12
Due to the current blizzard conditions, the Township of Huron-Kinloss office located at 21 Queen St. in Ripley is closed today, Dec. 12, for the safety of staff and the public. Cancellations: Adult and Tots and Senior Skate, and Shinny at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre are cancelled. Garbage and recycling pick-up are both cancelled today. […]
Snow day: blizzard conditions lead to several school, road and facility closures
It’s a snow day. With blizzard conditions expected to continue throughout the region today, Bruce-Grey Catholic District schools, French Catholic schools and Bluewater District School Board schools are closed. A blizzard warning is in effect for Owen Sound, Blue Mountains, Northern Grey County, Saugeen Shores, Kincardine, Southern Bruce County, Hanover, Dundalk, and Southern Grey County. […]