Tag: Grey County
Search for James Van-Veen Sunday organized by Please Bring Me Home
Heavy snow, unstable ice and hazardous terrain made continuing the search too dangerous for ground searchers, police said Monday, after looking for Van-Veen for days.
Grey-Bruce in decent shape with remaining road salt supply
While other Ontario municipalities are beginning to sweat as salt supplies dwindle, it’s all systems go in Grey-Bruce, for now. Reports have surfaced this week detailing a growing operational headache in places like Brockville, Pickering, and London, as supplies of winter road salt are running low due to near-constant winter storms and road clearing. In […]
Police suspend search for man missing near Inglis Falls
Police have paused a search for James Van-Veen, carried out over days at Inglis Falls, after his vehicle was found unoccupied in the Inglis Falls parking lot. The search began after a report that the 64-year-old Georgian Bluffs man failed to arrive at work, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Monday. A short […]
Hanover and West Grey police not participating in gun buyback program
Two Grey County municipal police services — in Hanover and West Grey — have announced they are not participating in the voluntary federal Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program. The federal government starting in 2020 has deemed prohibited more than 2,500 makes and models of firearms to help combat gun violence. The deadline to seek compensation for […]
Grey County’s homeless count remains stable in 2025, bucks trend
By 2035, Ontario homelessness is projected to total 177,000 people, up from nearly 85,000 people at the end of 2025. But if there’s an economic downturn, homelessness could reach almost 300,000.