Tag: Grey County

Homeless situation in Grey County has become ‘more dire’

The majority of people identified as homeless in Grey County are local, contrary to some misconceptions, the county’s community services director said Thursday. Anne Marie Shaw confirmed the origin of homeless people in the county in an answer to a question from Owen Sound Deputy Mayor Brian O’Leary at county council Thursday. O’Leary wondered if […]

McQueen returns for third term as Grey Highlands mayor

Paul McQueen is back for another term as the mayor of Grey Highlands. McQueen easily won a three-person race for the mayor’s seat by garnering 2,346 votes to beat out former councillor Danielle Valiquette’s 969 votes and Don Alp’s 265. Incumbent councillor Dane Neilsen replaces Aakash Desai as the municipality’s deputy mayor while Paul Allen […]

Matrosovs wins four-person race for Blue Mountains mayor

Andrea Matrosovs won a four-person race for The Blue Mountains mayor’s chair Monday night. Matrosovs garnered just over 38 per cent of the vote with 1,564 ballots cast. Tony Poole finished as the runner-up with 1,084 votes while Joe Halos’ 783 votes and Elizabeth Marshall’s 620 rounded out the race. “It’s starting to sink in […]

Another justice option for Aboriginal people in Grey County

An Owen Sound criminal court exclusively for Indigenous people seeks to avoid jailing people while fostering more accountability and better results than would be seen in everyday criminal court, its proponents say. It’s not a trial court — accused people must be prepared to plead guilty or accept responsibility and agree to terms of a […]

Bruce and Grey counties to receive over $14.5M from province for ambulance service

Both Bruce and Grey counties are receiving millions of dollars from the provincial government to support the hiring of additional paramedics, wage and cost-of-living adjustments, and general ambulance services operations. According to a media release issued Tuesday, Bruce County will receive $6,355,411 and Grey County will receive $8,413,493 for a total of over $14.5 million […]

Housing solutions and problems shared at city forum

A housing forum in Owen Sound Thursday heard about efforts by local governments, non-profits and others to tackle problems with affordability. Alex Ruff, the Conservative federal member of Parliament for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound who called the meeting, held in-person at Sydenham Campus and online, noted federal housing programs the Liberal government announced this week. The announcements […]

Lots of municipal candidates running in Grey County

Voters in the Oct. 24 municipal elections in Grey County have a plenty of candidates from which to choose. In Grey Highlands, where a group of citizens actively encouraged candidates to run for office, record numbers of candidates answered the call. There are three candidates for mayor, three candidates for deputy mayor, and 17 candidates […]

Grey warden Hicks pleased with county discussions at AMO

Grey County’s pleas for help to manage sites overrun by tourists, creating safety, parking and nuisance concerns, were well received by provincial officials during the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference, Grey Warden Selwyn Hicks said. That was one of Grey County’s priorities discussed during face-to-face meetings with ministers or their associate ministers and […]

Grey supportive housing for city homeless advances

Grey County is moving ahead with a plan to turn an Owen Sound building into supportive housing for unhoused people. Councillors voted Aug. 11 to hire JP Commercial Contractors, an Owen Sound company which bid $3,743,000 plus HST to renovate the building at 396 14th St. W. There were two bidders in the request for […]