Tag: Local News
Sports hall of fame accepting nominations until Dec. 31
Nominations for induction into the Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame in 2024 will be accepted until Dec. 31. Forms and criteria are downloadable from the city’s website, under Sports Hall of Fame. Nominations will be accepted in the following categories: athletes, builders, teams and merit. Induction ceremonies will take place Friday, May 3 at […]
Painting returns home to Huron with donation to Huron County Museum
A painting by Wingham-born artist George Agnew Reid has returned to Huron County after being donated to the Huron County Museum. Homeseekers Fording the Credit was recently received by the museum as a donation from the Perkins Bull Collection. According to a press release, most of the collection’s archival holdings were donated to the Region of […]
Police Report: Cat shot by pellet gun; crash victim dies; human remains found
Local police are investigating after a cat that was shot by a pellet gun in Norfolk County.
New money for agency ER nurses could end closures in short term
After a summer of periodic emergency room closures in South Bruce Grey Health Centre hospitals and elsewhere, the province has given SBGHC some money to hire agency nurses. Chesley hospital’s emergency department closed again all day Oct. 17, but hospital president and CEO Nancy Shaw said there’s reason for optimism that those closures will diminish […]
Departing MPP Monte McNaughton details new private-sector job
Monte McNaughton, the longtime local MPP who served as Ontario’s labour minister, has announced the private-sector job that lured him to unexpectedly exit politics – at a Toronto-area horse racing venue. McNaughton will be executive vice-president of industry relations and people experience at the Woodbine Mohawk Park racetrack in Milton, west of Toronto. The former […]