Tag: Grey County
Cuts to Grey Transit Route coming as provincial funding ends in March
Grey County is cutting most of its Grey Transit Route service with provincial funding set to dry up at the end of March. The county said in a statement posted to its website Wednesday that Route 1 between Owen Sound and Dundalk via Highway 6 and 10, and Routes 3 and 4 between Owen Sound […]
Grey County builds on sense of place, entrepreneurial spirit
“The people (of Grey County) have an entrepreneurial spirit that I haven’t seen elsewhere, and in rural Ontario, that makes a lot of sense” — County director of economic development, tourism and culture
Dozens take the plunge for Special Olympics in Shallow Lake
Close to 30 brave souls took the plunge into icy cold water in Shallow Lake on Sunday morning. The Grey Bruce OPP held its first Polar Plunge for Special Olympics outside the community centre, where one-by-one participants jumped into the Inter Township Fire Department’s portable water tank. After organizers made sure the water was nice […]
Coldest Night of the Year events held across Grey-Bruce
The temperature hovered a couple of degrees below freezing and a light snow fell in Owen Sound’s River District on Saturday where an event was being held to raise awareness about the challenges faced by the community’s most vulnerable. For anyone without a toque and mittens it was chilly enough to numb exposed fingers and […]
Employers meet job seekers at regional job fair in Owen Sound
Hundreds of job seekers and dozens of employers played the match game in Owen Sound on Thursday. Grey County and its community partners again held what has been dubbed the region’s largest job fair at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre throughout the afternoon and evening, providing a one-stop job shop. Grey County’s manager of […]