Tag: Grey County
Chesley Hospital Foundation offering scholarships for Grey-Bruce healthcare students
The Chesley Hospital Foundation is offering scholarships to Grey-Bruce secondary students wanting to enter the healthcare field.
Grey tightens code of conduct concerning virtual meetings
Grey County council voted Thursday to clarify that its ethical code of conduct restricts a member from participating in or collecting more than one per diem for meetings held simultaneously. Council directed staff to update its code of conduct in this regard after a June 2022 complaint and investigation by the county’s integrity commissioner, Principles […]
Provincial plan raises ‘fundamental concern’ for future of farming
A rural planning expert slammed proposed provincial changes which he warned would allow tens of thousands more residential lots to be created on agricultural land while largely removing any local say over it. “This is such a fundamental concern for the future of agriculture in this province,” Wayne Caldwell told Grey County council Thursday. The […]
County to fund all-night warming centre in Owen Sound next winter
Grey County will spend $150,000 to open an all-night warming centre in Owen Sound for homeless people next winter. There’s been a 300 per cent increase in homelessness since 2020, which a report approved by Grey County council Thursday said is why an overnight warming centre is needed. It’s a pilot project which will be […]
Former Grey Crown accepted terminal diagnosis and never complained
Former Grey County Crown attorney Peter Leger died on May 3 from a rare cancer. He was 59. He was diagnosed in September 2021 with peritoneal carcinomatosis, cancer of the tissue lining the stomach, and never returned to work. Mr. Leger lived for another 20 months, 18 of which while receiving weekly palliative chemotherapy to […]