Tag: Local News
St. Thomas man charged with luring, criminal harassment
A 25-year-old St. Thomas man faces a number of charges, including luring a person under the age of 16 and criminal harassment. A man was arrested early Friday near a home and charged with criminal harassment and trespassing by night, St. Thomas police said Friday. Additional charges of sexual interference and luring a person under […]
Grey to tout benefits of residential density, study ‘green’ standards
Planning students will help Grey County staff by preparing what staff dub a “density is not a dirty word” residential development guide as a tool for public education, and by surveying “green” development standards. Guelph University rural planning and development master’s students will present their findings in April. The savings to the county by enlisting […]
Grey County task force on mental health, addiction taking shape
Grey County council endorsed the creation and mandate of a Mental Health and Addictions Task Force Thursday, and expanded county councillor representation to accommodate more members who wanted to join. The increasing problems seen in Grey County to do with mental health and addiction prompted Chatsworth Mayor Scott Mackey to propose this task force last […]
Save Georgian Bay volunteers to brave the icy waters in fundraising effort
A group in opposition to TC Energy’s proposed hydroelectric pumped storage facility in Meaford is taking their fight to the frigid waters. The Save the Bay Polar Dip is set for Feb. 27 from 1 to 2 p.m., at Fred Raper Park in Meaford. The Save Georgian Bay team has raised nearly $8,000 of their […]
Georgian Bluffs approves water billing changes
Georgian Bluffs will move ahead with changes to how customers of its municipal water systems are charged later this year. And with the change come renewed calls by council members to approach the City of Owen Sound about the possibility of extending city water to the users of the small Pottawatomi system on the western […]